{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-} {-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : Text.Read -- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2001 -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org -- Stability : provisional -- Portability : non-portable (uses Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP) -- -- Converting strings to values. -- -- The "Text.Read" library is the canonical library to import for -- 'Read'-class facilities. For GHC only, it offers an extended and much -- improved 'Read' class, which constitutes a proposed alternative to the -- Haskell 2010 'Read'. In particular, writing parsers is easier, and -- the parsers are much more efficient. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module Text.Read ( -- * The 'Read' class Read(..), ReadS, -- * Haskell 2010 functions reads, read, readParen, lex, -- * New parsing functions module Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec, L.Lexeme(..), lexP, parens, readListDefault, readListPrecDefault, readEither, readMaybe ) where import GHC.Base import GHC.Read import Data.Either import Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP as P import Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec import qualified Text.Read.Lex as L -- $setup -- >>> import Prelude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- utility functions -- | equivalent to 'readsPrec' with a precedence of 0. reads :: Read a => ReadS a reads :: forall a. Read a => ReadS a reads = forall a. Read a => Int -> ReadS a readsPrec Int minPrec -- | Parse a string using the 'Read' instance. -- Succeeds if there is exactly one valid result. -- A 'Left' value indicates a parse error. -- -- >>> readEither "123" :: Either String Int -- Right 123 -- -- >>> readEither "hello" :: Either String Int -- Left "Prelude.read: no parse" -- -- @since 4.6.0.0 readEither :: Read a => String -> Either String a readEither :: forall a. Read a => String -> Either String a readEither String s = case [ a x | (a x,String "") <- forall a. ReadPrec a -> Int -> ReadS a readPrec_to_S ReadPrec a read' Int minPrec String s ] of [a x] -> forall a b. b -> Either a b Right a x [] -> forall a b. a -> Either a b Left String "Prelude.read: no parse" [a] _ -> forall a b. a -> Either a b Left String "Prelude.read: ambiguous parse" where read' :: ReadPrec a read' = do a x <- forall a. Read a => ReadPrec a readPrec forall a. ReadP a -> ReadPrec a lift ReadP () P.skipSpaces forall (m :: * -> *) a. Monad m => a -> m a return a x -- | Parse a string using the 'Read' instance. -- Succeeds if there is exactly one valid result. -- -- >>> readMaybe "123" :: Maybe Int -- Just 123 -- -- >>> readMaybe "hello" :: Maybe Int -- Nothing -- -- @since 4.6.0.0 readMaybe :: Read a => String -> Maybe a readMaybe :: forall a. Read a => String -> Maybe a readMaybe String s = case forall a. Read a => String -> Either String a readEither String s of Left String _ -> forall a. Maybe a Nothing Right a a -> forall a. a -> Maybe a Just a a -- | The 'read' function reads input from a string, which must be -- completely consumed by the input process. 'read' fails with an 'error' if the -- parse is unsuccessful, and it is therefore discouraged from being used in -- real applications. Use 'readMaybe' or 'readEither' for safe alternatives. -- -- >>> read "123" :: Int -- 123 -- -- >>> read "hello" :: Int -- *** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse read :: Read a => String -> a read :: forall a. Read a => String -> a read String s = forall a c b. (a -> c) -> (b -> c) -> Either a b -> c either forall a. String -> a errorWithoutStackTrace forall a. a -> a id (forall a. Read a => String -> Either String a readEither String s)