Data.String.Extra

Auxiliary functions for working with values of type String.

Safe I/O

safeReadFile :: FilePath -> IO (Either String String)

Safely read a file into a String, returning a Left error message if the file cannot be opened.

String sanitization

sanitizeLCIdentifier :: String -> String

Remove extraneous characters from an identifier and make the starting character lowercase.

This function currently replaces hyphens with underscores.

sanitizeUCIdentifier :: String -> String

Remove extraneous characters from an identifier and make the starting character uppercase.

This function currently replaces hyphens with underscores.