[![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/naan.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/naan) [![docs.rs](https://docs.rs/naan/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/naan/latest) ![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/badge/maintenance-activly--developed-brightgreen.svg) # naan ### deliciously succinct [naan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naan) is a functional programming prelude for the Rust language that is: * easy * useful * `std`- and `alloc`-optional * _FAST_ - exclusively uses concrete types (no `dyn`amic dispatch) meaning near-zero perf cost ### Table of Contents * [higher-kinded types](#higher-kinded-types) * [what?](#hkt---what-it-is) * [why?](#hkt---why-its-useful) * [how?](#hkt---how-its-done) * [currying](#currying) * [what?](#currying---what-it-is) * [why?](#currying---why-its-useful) * [how?](#currying---how-its-done) * [function composition](#function-composition) * [typeclasses](#typeclasses) * [`append`, `identity`](#semigroup-and-monoid) * [`alt`, `empty`](#alt-and-plus) * [`fmap`, `map`](#functor) * [`bimap`, `lmap`, `rmap`](#bifunctor) * [`fold`, `filter`, `find`, `contains`, ...](#foldable) * lazy IO ### Higher-Kinded Types [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Next - Currying](#currying) #### HKT - What it is [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - HKTs](#higher-kinded-types) When talking about types, it can be useful to be able to differentiate between a concrete type (`u8`, `Vec`, `Result`) and a generic type without its parameters supplied. (`Vec`, `Option`, `Result`) For example, `Vec` is a 1-argument (_unary_) type function, and `Vec` is a concrete type. Kind refers to how many (if any) parameters a type has. #### HKT - Why it's useful [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - HKTs](#higher-kinded-types) In vanilla Rust, `Result::map` and `Option::map` have very similar shapes: ```rust impl Result { fn map(self, f: impl FnMut(A) -> B) -> Result; } impl Option { fn map(self, f: impl FnMut(A) -> B) -> Option; } ``` it would be useful (for reasons we'll expand on later) to have them both implement a `Map` trait: ```rust trait Map { fn map(self: Self, f: impl FnMut(A) -> B) -> Self; } impl Map for Option { fn map(self, f: impl FnMut(A) -> B) -> Option { Option::map(self, f) } } ``` but this code snippet isn't legal Rust because `Self` needs to be generic and in vanilla Rust `Self` must be a concrete type. #### HKT - How it's done [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - HKTs](#higher-kinded-types) With the introduction of [Generic associated types](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/11/03/Rust-1.65.0.html#generic-associated-types-gats), we can write a trait that can effectively replace a "generic self" feature. Now we can actually write the trait above in legal, stable rust: ```rust trait HKT { type Of; } struct OptionHKT; impl HKT for OptionHKT { type Of = Option; } trait Map where M: HKT = Self> { fn map(self, f: F) -> M::Of where F: FnMut(A) -> B; } impl Map for Option { fn map(self, f: F) -> Option where F: FnMut(A) -> B { Option::map(self, f) } } ``` ### Currying [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Prev - HKT](#higher-kinded-types) · [Next - Function Composition](#function-composition) #### Currying - What it is [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Currying](#currying) *Currying* is the technique where `naan` gets its name. Function currying is the strategy of splitting functions that accept more than one argument into multiple functions. Example: ```rust fn foo(String, usize) -> usize; foo(format!("bar"), 12); ``` would be curried into: ```rust fn foo(String) -> impl Fn(usize) -> usize; foo(format!("bar"))(12); ``` #### Currying - Why it's useful [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Currying](#currying) Currying allows us to provide _some_ of a function's arguments and provide the rest of this partially applied function's arguments at a later date. This allows us to use functions to store state, and lift functions that accept any number of parameters to accept Results using [`Apply`](https://docs.rs/naan/latest/naan/apply/trait.Apply.html#example)
**EXAMPLE: reusable function with a stored parameter** ```rust use std::fs::File; use naan::prelude::*; fn copy_file_to_dir(dir: String, file: File) -> std::io::Result<()> { // ... # Ok(()) } fn main() { let dir = std::env::var("DEST_DIR").unwrap(); let copy = copy_file_to_dir.curry().call(dir); File::open("a.txt").bind1(copy.clone()) .bind1(|_| File::open("b.txt")) .bind1(copy.clone()) .bind1(|_| File::open("c.txt")) .bind1(copy); } /* equivalent to: fn main() { let dir = std::env::var("DEST_DIR").unwrap(); copy_file_to_dir(dir.clone(), File::open("a.txt")?)?; copy_file_to_dir(dir.clone(), File::open("b.txt")?)?; copy_file_to_dir(dir, File::open("c.txt")?)?; } */ ```
**EXAMPLE: lifting a function to accept Results (or Options)** ```rust use std::fs::File; use naan::prelude::*; fn append_contents(from: File, to: File) -> std::io::Result<()> { // ... # Ok(()) } fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { Ok(append_contents.curry()).apply1(File::open("from.txt")) .apply1(File::open("to.txt")) .flatten() } /* equivalent to: fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { let from = File::open("from.txt")?; let to = File::open("to.txt")?; append_contents(from, to) } */ ```
#### Currying - How it's done [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Currying](#currying) naan introduces a few new function traits that add ergonomics around currying and function composition; `F1`, `F2` and `F3`. These traits extend the builtin function traits `Fn` and `FnOnce` with methods that allow currying and function composition. (note that each arity has a "callable multiple times" version and a "callable at least once" version. The latter traits are denoted with a suffix of `Once`)
**`F2` and `F2Once` Definitions** ```rust pub trait F2Once: Sized { /// The concrete type that `curry` returns. type Curried; /// Call the function fn call1(self, a: A, b: B) -> C; /// Curry this function, transforming it from /// /// `fn(A, B) -> C` /// to /// `fn(A) -> fn(B) -> C` fn curry(self) -> Self::Curried; } pub trait F2: F2Once { /// Call the function with all arguments fn call(&self, a: A, b: B) -> C; } impl F2 for F where F: Fn(A, B) -> C { /* */ } impl F2Once for F where F: FnOnce(A, B) -> C { /* */ } ```
### Function Composition [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Prev - Currying](#currying) · [Next - Typeclasses](#typeclasses) #### Composition - What it is [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Function Composition](#function-composition) Function composition is the strategy of chaining functions sequentially by automatically passing the output of one function to the input of another. This very powerful technique lets us concisely express programs in terms of data that flows through pipes, rather than a sequence of time-bound statements: ```rust use naan::prelude::*; struct Apple; struct Orange; struct Grape; #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)] struct Banana; fn apple_to_orange(a: Apple) -> Orange { Orange } fn orange_to_grape(o: Orange) -> Grape { Grape } fn grape_to_banana(g: Grape) -> Banana { Banana } fn main() { let apple_to_banana = apple_to_orange.chain(orange_to_grape) .chain(grape_to_banana); assert_eq!(apple_to_banana.call(Apple), Banana) } ``` ### Typeclasses [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Prev - Function Composition](#function-composition) Some of the most powerful & practical types in programming are locked behind a feature that many languages choose not to implement in Higher-Kinded Types. Utilities like `map`, `unwrap_or`, and `and_then` are enormously useful tools in day-to-day rust that allow us to conveniently skip a lot of hand-written control flow.
**Comparing `and_then` and `map` to their desugared equivalent** ```rust use std::io; fn network_fetch_name() -> io::Result { Ok("harry".into()) } fn network_send_message(msg: String) -> io::Result<()> { Ok(()) } fn global_state_store_name(name: &str) -> io::Result<()> { Ok(()) } // Declarative fn foo0() -> io::Result<()> { network_fetch_name().and_then(|name| { global_state_store_name(&name)?; Ok(name) }) .map(|name| format!("hello, {name}!")) .and_then(network_send_message) } // Idiomatic fn foo1() -> io::Result<()> { let name = network_fetch_name()?; global_state_store_name(&name)?; network_send_message(format!("hello, {name}!")) } // Imperative fn foo2() -> io::Result<()> { let name = match network_fetch_name() { | Ok(name) => name, | Err(e) => return Err(e), }; match global_state_store_name(&name) { | Err(e) => return Err(e), | _ => (), }; network_send_message(format!("hello, {name}!")) } ``` A couple notes: - the "idiomatic" implementation is the most brief and scannable - the idiomatic and imperative implementations are more difficult to refactor due to scope sharing; imperative statements depend on the previous statements in order to be meaningful, while declarative expressions have little to no coupling to state or scope.
The value proposition of these typeclasses is that they allow us to think of types like Result, Option and Iterators as being abstract **containers**. We don't need to know much about their internals to know how to use them effectively and productively. This extremely simple but powerful metaphor allows us to solve some very complex problems with data structures that have a shared set of interfaces. #### Semigroup and Monoid ##### Combining two values of a concrete type [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Typeclasses](#typeclasses) `Semigroup` is the name we give types that support some associative combination of two values (`a.append(b)`). _🔎 Associative means `a.append( b.append(c) )` must equal `a.append(b).append(c)`._ Examples: * integer addition * `1 * (2 * 3) == (1 * 2) * 3` * integer multiplication * `1 + (2 + 3) == (1 + 2) + 3` * string concatenation * `"a".append("b".append("c")) == "a".append("b").append("c") == "abc"` * `Vec` concatenation * `vec![1].append(vec![2].append(vec![3])) == vec![1, 2, 3]` * `Option` (only when `T` implements `Semigroup`) * `Some("a").append(Some("b")) == Some("ab")` * `Result` (only when `T` implements `Semigroup`) * `Ok("a").append(Ok("b")) == Ok("ab")` `Monoid` extends `Semigroup` with an "identity" or "empty" value, that will do nothing when appended to another. Examples: * 0 in integer addition * `0 + 1 == 1` * 1 in integer multiplication * `1 * 2 == 2` * empty string * `String::identity() == ""` * `"".append("a") == "a"` * `Vec` * `Vec::::identity() == vec![]` * `vec![].append(vec![1, 2]) == vec![1, 2]` These are defined as: ```rust pub trait Semigroup { // 🔎 Note that this can be **any** combination of 2 selves, // not just concatenation. // // The only rule is that implementations have to be associative. fn append(self, b: Self) -> Self; } pub trait Monoid: Semigroup { fn identity() -> Self; } ``` #### Alt and Plus ##### Combining two values of a generic type [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Typeclasses](#typeclasses) `Alt` is the name we give to generic types that support an associative operation on 2 values of the same type (`a.alt(b)`). _🔎 `Alt` is identical to `Semigroup`, but the implementor is generic._ _🔎 `alt` is identical to `Result::or` and `Option::or`._ Examples: * `Vec` * `vec![1].alt(vec![2]) == vec![1, 2]` * `Result` * `Ok(1).alt(Err(_)) == Ok(1)` * `Option` * `None.alt(Some(1)) == Some(1)` `Plus` extends `Alt` with an "identity" or "empty" value, that will do nothing when `alt`ed to another. _🔎 `Plus` is identical to `Monoid`, but the implementor is generic._ Examples: * `Vec` (`Vec::empty() == vec![]`) * `Option` (`Option::empty() == None`) These are defined as: ```rust // 🔎 `Self` must be generic over some type `A`. pub trait Alt where Self: Functor, F: HKT1 = Self> { fn alt(self, b: Self) -> Self; } pub trait Plus where Self: Alt, F: HKT1 = Self> { fn empty() -> F::T; } ``` #### Functor ##### using a function to transform values within a container [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Typeclasses](#typeclasses) `Functor` is the name we give to types that allow us to take a function from `A -> B` and effectively "penetrate" a type and apply it to some `F`, yielding `F` (`a.fmap(a_to_b)`). _🔎 This is identical to `Result::map` and `Option::map`._ _🔎 There is a separate trait `FunctorOnce` which extends `Functor` to know that the mapping function will only be called once._ `Functor` is defined as: ```rust // 🔎 `Self` must be generic over some type `A` pub trait Functor where F: HKT1 = Self> { // 🔎 given a function `A -> B`, // apply it to the values of type `A` in `Self` (if any), // yielding `Self` fn fmap(self, f: AB) -> F::T where AB: F1; } ``` #### Bifunctor ##### mapping types with 2 generic parameters [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Typeclasses](#typeclasses) `Bifunctor` is the name we give to types that have 2 generic parameters, both of which can be `map`ped. `Bifunctor` requires: * `bimap` * transforms `T` to `T`, given a function `A -> C` and another `B -> D`. `Bifunctor` provides 2 methods: * `lmap` (map left type) * `T -> T` * `rmap` (map right type) * `T -> T` _🔎 There is a separate trait `BifunctorOnce` which extends `Bifunctor` to know that the mapping functions will only be called once._ `Bifunctor` is defined as: ```rust pub trait Bifunctor where F: HKT2 = Self> { /// 🔎 In Result, this combines `map` and `map_err` into one step. fn bimap(self, fa: FA, fb: FB) -> F::T where FA: F1, FB: F1; /// 🔎 In Result, this maps the "Ok" type and is equivalent to `map`. fn lmap(self, fa: FA) -> F::T where Self: Sized, FA: F1 { self.bimap(fa, |b| b) } /// 🔎 In Result, this maps the "Error" type and is equivalent to `map_err`. fn rmap(self, fb: FB) -> F::T where Self: Sized, FB: F1 { self.bimap(|a| a, fb) } } ``` ### Foldable #### Unwrapping & transforming entire data structures [Top](#table-of-contents) · [Up - Typeclasses](#typeclasses) Types that are `Foldable` can be unwrapped and collected into a new value. Fold is a powerful and complex operation because of how general it is; if something is foldable, it can be folded into practically anything. _🔎 There is a separate trait `FoldableOnce` which extends `Foldable` to know that the folding function can only be called once._ Folding can be thought of as a series of steps: 1. Given some foldable `F`, and you want a `R` * _I have a `Vec>` and I want to sum the u32s that are Some, and discard the Nones_ 1. Start with some initial value of type `R` * _I want a sum of u32s, so I'll start with zero._ 1. Write a function of type `Fn(R, T) -> R`. This will be called with the initial `R` along with a value of type `T` from within `F`. The function will be called repeatedly with the `R` returned by the last call until there are no more `T`s in `F`. * `|sum_so_far, option_of_u32| sum_so_far + option_of_u32.unwrap_or(0)` 1. This function will be called for every `T` contained in `F`, collecting them into the initial value `R` you provided. * `vec![Some(1), None, Some(2), Some(4)].fold(|sum, n| sum + n.unwrap_or(0)) == 7`
**Examples** #### Result to Option ```rust use naan::prelude::*; fn passing() -> Result { Ok(0) } fn failing() -> Result { Err(()) } assert_eq!(match passing() { | Ok(t) => Some(t), | _ => None, }, Some(0)); assert_eq!(passing().fold1(|_, t| Some(t), None), Some(0)); assert_eq!(failing().fold1(|_, t| Some(t), None), None); ``` #### Collapse a Vec ```rust use naan::prelude::*; assert_eq!(vec![1, 2, 3].foldl(|sum, n| sum + n, 0), 6); assert_eq!(vec![2, 4, 6].foldl(|sum, n| sum * n, 1), 48); assert_eq!(vec!["a", "b", "c"].foldl(|acc, cur| format!("{acc}{cur}"), String::from("")), "abc"); ```
`Foldable` is defined as: ```rust pub trait Foldable where F: HKT1 = Self> { /// Fold the data structure from left -> right fn foldl(self, f: BAB, b: B) -> B where BAB: F2; /// Fold the data structure from right -> left fn foldr(self, f: ABB, b: B) -> B where ABB: F2; /// Fold the data structure from left -> right fn foldl_ref<'a, B, BAB>(&'a self, f: BAB, b: B) -> B where BAB: F2, A: 'a; /// Fold the data structure from right -> left fn foldr_ref<'a, B, ABB>(&'a self, f: ABB, b: B) -> B where ABB: F2<&'a A, B, B>, A: 'a; } ``` 🔎 `Foldable` provides many additional methods derived from the required methods above. Full documentation can be found [here](https://docs.rs/naan/latest/naan/fold/trait.Foldable.html). ```rust use naan::prelude::*; fn is_odd(n: &usize) -> bool { n % 2 == 1 } fn is_even(n: &usize) -> bool { n % 2 == 0 } assert_eq!(Some("abc".to_string()).fold(), "abc".to_string()); assert_eq!(Option::::None.fold(), ""); let abc = vec!["a", "b", "c"].fmap(String::from); assert_eq!(abc.clone().fold(), "abc"); assert_eq!(abc.clone().intercalate(", ".into()), "a, b, c".to_string()); assert_eq!(vec![2usize, 4, 8].any(is_odd), false); assert_eq!(vec![2usize, 4, 8].all(is_even), true); ``` ### Lazy IO ## License Licensed under either of * Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) * MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) at your option. ### Contribution Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.