-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module : Data.Maybe
-- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2001
-- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
--
-- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org
-- Stability : experimental
-- Portability : portable
--
-- The Maybe type, and associated operations.
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
module Data.Maybe
(
Maybe(Nothing,Just)-- instance of: Eq, Ord, Show, Read,
-- Functor, Monad, MonadPlus
, maybe -- :: b -> (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> b
, isJust -- :: Maybe a -> Bool
, isNothing -- :: Maybe a -> Bool
, fromJust -- :: Maybe a -> a
, fromMaybe -- :: a -> Maybe a -> a
, listToMaybe -- :: [a] -> Maybe a
, maybeToList -- :: Maybe a -> [a]
, catMaybes -- :: [Maybe a] -> [a]
, mapMaybe -- :: (a -> Maybe b) -> [a] -> [b]
) where
-- | The 'isJust' function returns 'True' iff its argument is of the
-- form @Just _@.
isJust :: Maybe a -> Bool
isJust Nothing = False
isJust _ = True
-- | The 'isNothing' function returns 'True' iff its argument is 'Nothing'.
isNothing :: Maybe a -> Bool
isNothing Nothing = True
isNothing _ = False
-- | The 'fromJust' function extracts the element out of a 'Just' and
-- throws an error if its argument is 'Nothing'.
fromJust :: Maybe a -> a
fromJust Nothing = error "Maybe.fromJust: Nothing" -- yuck
fromJust (Just x) = x
-- | The 'fromMaybe' function takes a default value and and 'Maybe'
-- value. If the 'Maybe' is 'Nothing', it returns the default values;
-- otherwise, it returns the value contained in the 'Maybe'.
fromMaybe :: a -> Maybe a -> a
fromMaybe d x = case x of {Nothing -> d;Just v -> v}
-- | The 'maybeToList' function returns an empty list when given
-- 'Nothing' or a singleton list when not given 'Nothing'.
maybeToList :: Maybe a -> [a]
maybeToList Nothing = []
maybeToList (Just x) = [x]
-- | The 'listToMaybe' function returns 'Nothing' on an empty list
-- or @'Just' a@ where @a@ is the first element of the list.
listToMaybe :: [a] -> Maybe a
listToMaybe [] = Nothing
listToMaybe (a:_) = Just a
-- | The 'catMaybes' function takes a list of 'Maybe's and returns
-- a list of all the 'Just' values.
catMaybes :: [Maybe a] -> [a]
catMaybes ls = [x | Just x <- ls]
-- | The 'mapMaybe' function is a version of 'map' which can throw
-- out elements. In particular, the functional argument returns
-- something of type @'Maybe' b@. If this is 'Nothing', no element
-- is added on to the result list. If it just @'Just' a@, then @a@ is
-- added on to the result.
mapMaybe :: (a -> Maybe b) -> [a] -> [b]
mapMaybe _ [] = []
mapMaybe f (x:xs) =
let rs = mapMaybe f xs in
case f x of
Nothing -> rs
Just r -> r:rs