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author | NanoTech | 2016-12-11 23:27:36 -0600 |
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committer | NanoTech | 2017-03-10 23:48:29 -0600 |
commit | 5c00b978b0bc0c1eeb64682cba6aa338fea320bf (patch) | |
tree | d9935794062180474b5bd6a51ab1d5f4bd864a4e /src/errors/MustMergeARecord.txt | |
parent | efd52ef33c15316dbd39390d55022708488a53b8 (diff) |
Start implementing error explanations
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diff --git a/src/errors/MustMergeARecord.txt b/src/errors/MustMergeARecord.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79094bd --- /dev/null +++ b/src/errors/MustMergeARecord.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Explanation: You can ❰merge❱ the alternatives of a union using a record with one +handler per alternative, like this: + + + ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ + │ let union = < Left = +2 | Right : Bool > │ + │ in let handlers = { Left = Natural/even, Right = λ(x : Bool) → x } │ + │ in merge handlers union : Bool │ + └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + + +... but the first argument to ❰merge❱ must be a record and not some other type. + +For example, the following expression is $_NOT valid: + + + ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ + │ let handler = λ(x : Bool) → x │ + │ in merge handler < Foo = True > : True │ + └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ⇧ + Invalid: ❰handler❱ isn't a record + + +You provided the following handler: + +↳ $txt0 + +... which is not a record, but is actually a value of type: + +↳ $txt1 + +Some common reasons why you might get this error: + +● You accidentally provide an empty record type instead of an empty record when + you ❰merge❱ an empty union: + + + ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ + │ λ(x : <>) → λ(a : Type) → merge {} x : a │ + └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ⇧ + This should be ❰{=}❱ instead |