{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-} {-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-} {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-} {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-} {-# LANGUAGE StandaloneKindSignatures #-} {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-} {-| Module: Data.Constraint.If This module defines the typeclass 'IfSat', with method 'ifSat': > ifSat :: forall (ct :: Constraint) (r :: Type). IfSat ct => ( ct => r ) -> r -> r An expression of the form @ ifSat \@ct yes no @ denotes a selection between the two branches @yes@ and @no@: - if the constraint @ct@ can be determined to hold at the point of solving @IfSat ct@, then the @yes@ branch is selected, which has access to the @ct@ constraint; - otherwise, the fallback branch @no@ is selected. This module also provides the type family @'IsSat' :: Constraint -> Bool@, which, when reduced, will check whether the constraint provided as an argument is satisfied. To use this module, you will also need to enable the corresponding 'IfSat.Plugin.plugin', by adding @\{\-\# OPTIONS_GHC -fplugin=IfSat.Plugin \#\-\}@ to the header of your module. == Example We can select the more efficient 'nubOrd' function when an 'Ord' instance is available: > myNub :: forall (a :: Type). ( Eq a, IfSat (Ord a) ) => [a] -> [a] > myNub = ifSat @(Ord a) nubOrd nub > -- 'nubOrd' when 'Ord a' is satisfied, 'nub' otherwise. When a user calls @myNub@, e.g.: > foo :: [(Int, Int)] > foo = myNub [(1,2), (3,3), (1,2), (2,2), (1,2), (1,4)] GHC will discharge the @IfSat (Ord (Int,Int))@ constraint by trying to solve the @Ord (Int, Int)@ constraint. In this case, GHC can solve the constraint using the two top-level instances (which we assume are in scope): > instance Ord Int > instance (Ord a, Ord b) => Ord (a,b) As the @ Ord (Int,Int) @ can be solved, GHC thus choose the first branch in 'ifSat', which in this case is 'nubOrd'. == When does branch selection occur? What is important to understand is that the branch selection happens precisely when the @IfSat ct@ constraint is solved. > { -# OPTIONS_GHC -fplugin=IfSat.Plugin #- } > module M1 where > > showFun :: forall (a :: Type). IfSat ( Show ( a -> a ) ) => ( a -> a ) -> String > showFun = ifSat @( Show (a -> a) ) show ( \ _ -> "<>" ) > > test1 :: ( Bool -> Bool ) -> String > test1 fun = showFun fun > > ---------------------------------------- > > { -# OPTIONS_GHC -fplugin=IfSat.Plugin #- } > module M2 where > > import M1 > > instance Show ( Bool -> Bool ) where > show f = show [ f False, f True ] > > test2 :: ( a -> a ) -> String > test2 fun = showFun fun > > test3 :: ( Bool -> Bool ) -> String > test3 fun = showFun fun After loading @M2@, we get the following results: >>> test1 not "<>" In this example, to typecheck @test1@ we need to solve @IfSat (Show (Bool -> Bool))@ inside module @M1@. As no instance for @Show (Bool -> Bool)@ is available in @M1@, we pick the second branch, resulting in @"\<\\>"@. >>> test2 not "<>" In this example, we must solve @IfSat (Show (a -> a))@ within @M2@. There is no such instance in @M2@, so we pick the second branch. It doesn't matter that we are calling @test2@ with a function of type @Bool -> Bool@: we had to solve @IfSat (Show (a -> a))@ when type-checking the type signature of @test2@. >>> test3 not "[True, False]" In this last example, we must solve @IfSat (Show (Bool -> Bool))@, but as we're in @M2@, such an instance is available, so we choose the first branch. Note in particular that @test1@ and @test3@ have the exact same definition (same type signature, same body), but produce a different result. This is because the satisfiability check happens in different contexts. -} module Data.Constraint.If ( IfSat(..), IsSat ) where -- base import Data.Kind ( Constraint ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type IfSat :: Constraint -> Constraint class IfSat ct where -- | @ IfSat \@ct a b@ returns @a@ if the constraint is satisfied, -- and @b@ otherwise. -- -- Requires the if-instance 'IfSat.Plugin.plugin': -- add @{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fplugin=IfSat.Plugin #-}@ -- to the header of your module. -- -- Note: the selection happens at the point in the code where the @IfSat ct@ -- constraint is solved. ifSat :: ( ( IsSat ct ~ True, ct ) => r ) -> ( IsSat ct ~ False => r ) -> r -- | @IsSat ct@ returns @True@ if @ct@ is satisfied, and @False@ otherwise. -- -- The satisfiability check occurs at the moment of type-family reduction. type IsSat :: Constraint -> Bool type family IsSat ct where