Module Monad_maker.Make

Pretty-prints the top error of a trace

A serializer for result of a given type

record_trace err res is either res if res is Ok _, or it is Error (Trace.cons err tr) if res is Error tr.

In other words, record_trace err res enriches the trace that is carried by res (if it is carrying a trace) with the error err. It leaves res untouched if res is not carrying a trace.

You can use this to add high-level information to potential low-level errors. E.g.,

record_trace
   Failure_to_load_config
   (load_data_from_file config_encoding config_file_name)

Note that record_trace takes a fully evaluated error err as argument. It means that, whatever the value of the result res, the error err is evaluated. This is not an issue if the error is a simple expression (a literal or a constructor with simple parameters). However, for any expression that is more complex (e.g., one that calls a function) you should prefer record_trace_eval.

trace is identical to record_trace but applies to a promise. More formally, trace err p is a promise that resolves to Ok v if p resolves to Ok v, or it resolves to Error (Trace.cons err tr) if res resolves to Error tr.

In other words, trace err p enriches the trace that p resolves to (if it does resolve to a trace) with the error err. It leaves the value that p resolves to untouched if it is not a trace.

You can use this to add high-level information to potential low-level errors.

Note that, like record_trace, trace takes a fully evaluated error as argument. For a similar reason as explained there, you should only use trace with simple expressions (literal or constructor with simple parameters) and prefer trace_eval for any other expression (such as ones that include functions calls).

record_trace_eval is identical to record_trace except that the error that enriches the trace is wrapped in a function that is evaluated only if it is needed. More formally record_trace_eval mkerr res is res if res is Ok _, or it is Error (Trace.cons (mkerr ()) tr) if res is Error tr.

You can achieve the same effect by hand with

match res with
| Ok _ -> res
| Error tr -> Error (Trace.cons (mkerr ()) tr)

Prefer record_trace_eval over record_trace when the enriching error is expensive to compute or heavy to allocate.

trace_eval is identical to trace except that the error that enriches the trace is wrapped in a function that is evaluated only if and when it is needed. More formally trace_eval mkerr p is a promise that resolves to Ok v if p resolves to Ok v, or it resolves to Error (Trace.cons err tr) if p resolves to Error tr and then mkerr () resolves to err.

You can achieve the same effect by hand with

p >>= function
| Ok _ -> p
| Error tr ->
   mkerr () >>= fun err ->
   Lwt.return (Error (Trace.cons err tr))

Note that the evaluation of the error can be arbitrarily delayed. Avoid using references and other mutable values in the function mkerr.

Prefer trace_eval over trace when the enriching error is expensive to compute or heavy to allocate or when evaluating it requires the use of Lwt.

error_unless flag err is Ok () if b is true, it is Error (Trace.make err) otherwise.

error_when flag err is Error (Trace.make err) if b is true, it is Ok () otherwise.

fail_unless flag err is Lwt.return @@ Ok () if b is true, it is Lwt.return @@ Error (Trace.make err) otherwise.

fail_when flag err is Lwt.return @@ Error (Trace.make err) if b is true, it is Lwt.return @@ Ok () otherwise.

unless b f is f () if b is false and it is a promise already resolved to Ok () otherwise.

You can use unless to avoid having to write an if statement that you then need to populate entirely to satisfy the type-checker. E.g, you can write unless b f instead of if not b then f () else return_unit.

when_ b f is f () if b is true and it is a promise already resolved to Ok () otherwise.

You can use when_ to avoid having to write an if statement that you then need to populate entirely to satisfy the type-checker. E.g, you can write when_ b f instead of if b then f () else return_unit.

Wrapper around Lwt_utils.dont_wait