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author | Nadrieril | 2019-05-07 18:12:04 +0200 |
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committer | Nadrieril | 2019-05-07 18:12:04 +0200 |
commit | 3da450aa3fae23214aa982643b9bc4dd0ea4eaa6 (patch) | |
tree | 02e00cd008d2e7dc899b9211379596fe792f41c8 /dhall/src/error/text/IfBranchMustBeTerm.txt | |
parent | d8a3e831fb67f86269c4baa99f9f0798a73a7247 (diff) | |
parent | 14dfeb8e7d2aa87a361a711a485243449426b144 (diff) |
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diff --git a/dhall/src/error/text/IfBranchMustBeTerm.txt b/dhall/src/error/text/IfBranchMustBeTerm.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c15881 --- /dev/null +++ b/dhall/src/error/text/IfBranchMustBeTerm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Explanation: Every ❰if❱ expression begins with a predicate which must have type +❰Bool❱ + +For example, these are valid ❰if❱ expressions: + + + ┌──────────────────────────────┐ + │ if True then "Yes" else "No" │ + └──────────────────────────────┘ + ⇧ + Predicate + + + ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ + │ λ(x : Bool) → if x then False else True │ + └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ⇧ + Predicate + + +... but these are $_NOT valid ❰if❱ expressions: + + + ┌───────────────────────────┐ + │ if 0 then "Yes" else "No" │ ❰0❱ does not have type ❰Bool❱ + └───────────────────────────┘ + + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ if "" then False else True │ ❰""❱ does not have type ❰Bool❱ + └────────────────────────────┘ + + +Your ❰if❱ expression begins with the following predicate: + +↳ $txt0 + +... that has type: + +↳ $txt1 + +... but the predicate must instead have type ❰Bool❱ + +Some common reasons why you might get this error: + +● You might be used to other programming languages that accept predicates other + than ❰Bool❱ + + For example, some languages permit ❰0❱ or ❰""❱ as valid predicates and treat + them as equivalent to ❰False❱. However, the Dhall language does not permit + this |