# # # Nim's Runtime Library # (c) Copyright 2015 Nim Contributors # # See the file "copying.txt", included in this # distribution, for details about the copyright. # ## Abstract ## ======== ## ## This module implements types which encapsulate an optional value. ## ## A value of type ``Option[T]`` either contains a value `x` (represented as ## ``some(x)``) or is empty (``none(T)``). ## ## This can be useful when you have a value that can be present or not. The ## absence of a value is often represented by ``nil``, but it is not always ## available, nor is it always a good solution. ## ## ## Tutorial ## ======== ## ## Let's start with an example: a procedure that finds the index of a character ## in a string. ## ## .. code-block:: nim ## ## import options ## ## proc find(haystack: string, needle: char): Option[int] = ## for i, c in haystack: ## if c == needle: ## return some(i) ## return none(int) # This line is actually optional, ## # because the default is empty ## ## .. code-block:: nim ## ## let found = "abc".find('c') ## assert found.isSome and found.get() == 2 ## ## The ``get`` operation demonstrated above returns the underlying value, or ## raises ``UnpackError`` if there is no value. Note that ``UnpackError`` inherits ## from ``system.Defect``, and should therefore never be catched. Instead, rely on ## checking if the option contains a value with ``isSome`` and ``isNone``. ## ## There is another option for obtaining the value: ``unsafeGet``, but you must ## only use it when you are absolutely sure the value is present (e.g. after ## checking ``isSome``). If you do not care about the tiny overhead that ``get`` ## causes, you should simply never use ``unsafeGet``. ## ## How to deal with an absence of a value: ## ## .. code-block:: nim ## ## let result = "team".find('i') ## ## # Nothing was found, so the result is `none`. ## assert(result == none(int)) ## # It has no value: ## assert(result.isNone) import typetraits type SomePointer = ref | ptr | pointer type Option*[T] = object ## An optional type that stores its value and state separately in a boolean. when T is SomePointer: val: T else: val: T has: bool UnpackError* = object of Defect proc some*[T](val: T): Option[T] = ## Returns a ``Option`` that has this value. when T is SomePointer: assert val != nil result.val = val else: result.has = true result.val = val proc option*[T](val: T): Option[T] = ## Can be used to convert a pointer type to an option type. It ## converts ``nil`` to the none-option. result.val = val when T isnot SomePointer: result.has = true proc none*(T: typedesc): Option[T] = ## Returns an ``Option`` for this type that has no value. # the default is the none type discard proc none*[T]: Option[T] = ## Alias for ``none(T)``. none(T) proc isSome*[T](self: Option[T]): bool {.inline.} = when T is SomePointer: self.val != nil else: self.has proc isNone*[T](self: Option[T]): bool {.inline.} = when T is SomePointer: self.val == nil else: not self.has proc unsafeGet*[T](self: Option[T]): T = ## Returns the value of a ``some``. Behavior is undefined for ``none``. assert self.isSome self.val proc get*[T](self: Option[T]): T = ## Returns contents of the Option. If it is none, then an exception is ## thrown. if self.isNone: raise newException(UnpackError, "Can't obtain a value from a `none`") self.val proc get*[T](self: Option[T], otherwise: T): T = ## Returns the contents of this option or `otherwise` if the option is none. if self.isSome: self.val else: otherwise proc get*[T](self: var Option[T]): var T = ## Returns contents of the Option. If it is none, then an exception is ## thrown. if self.isNone: raise newException(UnpackError, "Can't obtain a value from a `none`") return self.val proc map*[T](self: Option[T], callback: proc (input: T)) = ## Applies a callback to the value in this Option if self.isSome: callback(self.val) proc map*[T, R](self: Option[T], callback: proc (input: T): R): Option[R] = ## Applies a callback to the value in this Option and returns an option ## containing the new value. If this option is None, None will be returned if self.isSome: some[R]( callback(self.val) ) else: none(R) proc flatten*[A](self: Option[Option[A]]): Option[A] = ## Remove one level of structure in a nested Option. if self.isSome: self.val else: none(A) proc flatMap*[A, B](self: Option[A], callback: proc (input: A): Option[B]): Option[B] = ## Applies a callback to the value in this Option and returns an ## option containing the new value. If this option is None, None will be ## returned. Similar to ``map``, with the difference that the callback ## returns an Option, not a raw value. This allows multiple procs with a ## signature of ``A -> Option[B]`` (including A = B) to be chained together. map(self, callback).flatten() proc filter*[T](self: Option[T], callback: proc (input: T): bool): Option[T] = ## Applies a callback to the value in this Option. If the callback returns ## `true`, the option is returned as a Some. If it returns false, it is ## returned as a None. if self.isSome and not callback(self.val): none(T) else: self proc `==`*(a, b: Option): bool = ## Returns ``true`` if both ``Option``s are ``none``, ## or if they have equal values (a.isSome and b.isSome and a.val == b.val) or (not a.isSome and not b.isSome) proc `$`*[T](self: Option[T]): string = ## Get the string representation of this option. If the option has a value, ## the result will be `Some(x)` where `x` is the string representation of the contained value. ## If the option does not have a value, the result will be `None[T]` where `T` is the name of ## the type contained in the option. if self.isSome: result = "Some(" result.addQuoted self.val result.add ")" else: result = "None[" & name(T) & "]" when isMainModule: import unittest, sequtils suite "options": # work around a bug in unittest let intNone = none(int) let stringNone = none(string) test "example": proc find(haystack: string, needle: char): Option[int] = for i, c in haystack: if c == needle: return some i check("abc".find('c').get() == 2) let result = "team".find('i') check result == intNone check result.isNone test "some": check some(6).get() == 6 check some("a").unsafeGet() == "a" check some(6).isSome check some("a").isSome test "none": expect UnpackError: discard none(int).get() check(none(int).isNone) check(not none(string).isSome) test "equality": check some("a") == some("a") check some(7) != some(6) check some("a") != stringNone check intNone == intNone when compiles(some("a") == some(5)): check false when compiles(none(string) == none(int)): check false test "get with a default value": check(some("Correct").get("Wrong") == "Correct") check(stringNone.get("Correct") == "Correct") test "$": check($(some("Correct")) == "Some(\"Correct\")") check($(stringNone) == "None[string]") test "map with a void result": var procRan = 0 some(123).map(proc (v: int) = procRan = v) check procRan == 123 intNone.map(proc (v: int) = check false) test "map": check(some(123).map(proc (v: int): int = v * 2) == some(246)) check(intNone.map(proc (v: int): int = v * 2).isNone) test "filter": check(some(123).filter(proc (v: int): bool = v == 123) == some(123)) check(some(456).filter(proc (v: int): bool = v == 123).isNone) check(intNone.filter(proc (v: int): bool = check false).isNone) test "flatMap": proc addOneIfNotZero(v: int): Option[int] = if v != 0: result = some(v + 1) else: result = none(int) check(some(1).flatMap(addOneIfNotZero) == some(2)) check(some(0).flatMap(addOneIfNotZero) == none(int)) check(some(1).flatMap(addOneIfNotZero).flatMap(addOneIfNotZero) == some(3)) proc maybeToString(v: int): Option[string] = if v != 0: result = some($v) else: result = none(string) check(some(1).flatMap(maybeToString) == some("1")) proc maybeExclaim(v: string): Option[string] = if v != "": result = some v & "!" else: result = none(string) check(some(1).flatMap(maybeToString).flatMap(maybeExclaim) == some("1!")) check(some(0).flatMap(maybeToString).flatMap(maybeExclaim) == none(string)) test "SomePointer": var intref: ref int check(option(intref).isNone) intref.new check(option(intref).isSome) let tmp = option(intref) check(sizeof(tmp) == sizeof(ptr int)) test "none[T]": check(none[int]().isNone) check(none(int) == none[int]()) test "$ on typed with .name": type Named = object name: string let nobody = none(Named) check($nobody == "None[Named]") test "$ on type with name()": type Person = object myname: string let noperson = none(Person) check($noperson == "None[Person]")