{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-} {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} {-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-} {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-} {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-} {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : Data.Typeable -- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow, CWI 2001--2004 -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org -- Stability : experimental -- Portability : portable -- -- The 'Typeable' class reifies types to some extent by associating type -- representations to types. These type representations can be compared, -- and one can in turn define a type-safe cast operation. To this end, -- an unsafe cast is guarded by a test for type (representation) -- equivalence. The module "Data.Dynamic" uses Typeable for an -- implementation of dynamics. The module "Data.Data" uses Typeable -- and type-safe cast (but not dynamics) to support the \"Scrap your -- boilerplate\" style of generic programming. -- -- == Compatibility Notes -- -- Since GHC 7.8, 'Typeable' is poly-kinded. The changes required for this might -- break some old programs involving 'Typeable'. More details on this, including -- how to fix your code, can be found on the -- <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/GhcKinds/PolyTypeable PolyTypeable wiki page> -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module Data.Typeable ( -- * The Typeable class Typeable, typeRep, -- * Propositional equality (:~:)(Refl), -- * For backwards compatibility typeOf, typeOf1, typeOf2, typeOf3, typeOf4, typeOf5, typeOf6, typeOf7, Typeable1, Typeable2, Typeable3, Typeable4, Typeable5, Typeable6, Typeable7, -- * Type-safe cast cast, eqT, gcast, -- a generalisation of cast -- * Generalized casts for higher-order kinds gcast1, -- :: ... => c (t a) -> Maybe (c (t' a)) gcast2, -- :: ... => c (t a b) -> Maybe (c (t' a b)) -- * A canonical proxy type Proxy (..), -- * Type representations TypeRep, -- abstract, instance of: Eq, Show, Typeable showsTypeRep, TyCon, -- abstract, instance of: Eq, Show, Typeable tyConString, tyConPackage, tyConModule, tyConName, -- * Construction of type representations -- mkTyCon, -- :: String -> TyCon mkTyCon3, -- :: String -> String -> String -> TyCon mkTyConApp, -- :: TyCon -> [TypeRep] -> TypeRep mkAppTy, -- :: TypeRep -> TypeRep -> TypeRep mkFunTy, -- :: TypeRep -> TypeRep -> TypeRep -- * Observation of type representations splitTyConApp, -- :: TypeRep -> (TyCon, [TypeRep]) funResultTy, -- :: TypeRep -> TypeRep -> Maybe TypeRep typeRepTyCon, -- :: TypeRep -> TyCon typeRepArgs, -- :: TypeRep -> [TypeRep] ) where import Data.Typeable.Internal hiding (mkTyCon) import Data.Type.Equality import Unsafe.Coerce import Data.Maybe import GHC.Base ------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Type-safe cast -- ------------------------------------------------------------- -- | The type-safe cast operation cast :: forall a b. (Typeable a, Typeable b) => a -> Maybe b cast x = if typeRep (Proxy :: Proxy a) == typeRep (Proxy :: Proxy b) then Just $ unsafeCoerce x else Nothing -- | Extract a witness of equality of two types -- -- @since 4.7.0.0 eqT :: forall a b. (Typeable a, Typeable b) => Maybe (a :~: b) eqT = if typeRep (Proxy :: Proxy a) == typeRep (Proxy :: Proxy b) then Just $ unsafeCoerce Refl else Nothing -- | A flexible variation parameterised in a type constructor gcast :: forall a b c. (Typeable a, Typeable b) => c a -> Maybe (c b) gcast x = fmap (\Refl -> x) (eqT :: Maybe (a :~: b)) -- | Cast over @k1 -> k2@ gcast1 :: forall c t t' a. (Typeable t, Typeable t') => c (t a) -> Maybe (c (t' a)) gcast1 x = fmap (\Refl -> x) (eqT :: Maybe (t :~: t')) -- | Cast over @k1 -> k2 -> k3@ gcast2 :: forall c t t' a b. (Typeable t, Typeable t') => c (t a b) -> Maybe (c (t' a b)) gcast2 x = fmap (\Refl -> x) (eqT :: Maybe (t :~: t'))