base-compat-0.14.0: A compatibility layer for base
Safe HaskellSafe-Inferred
LanguageHaskell2010

Text.Read.Compat

Synopsis

The Read class

class Read a where #

Parsing of Strings, producing values.

Derived instances of Read make the following assumptions, which derived instances of Show obey:

  • If the constructor is defined to be an infix operator, then the derived Read instance will parse only infix applications of the constructor (not the prefix form).
  • Associativity is not used to reduce the occurrence of parentheses, although precedence may be.
  • If the constructor is defined using record syntax, the derived Read will parse only the record-syntax form, and furthermore, the fields must be given in the same order as the original declaration.
  • The derived Read instance allows arbitrary Haskell whitespace between tokens of the input string. Extra parentheses are also allowed.

For example, given the declarations

infixr 5 :^:
data Tree a =  Leaf a  |  Tree a :^: Tree a

the derived instance of Read in Haskell 2010 is equivalent to

instance (Read a) => Read (Tree a) where

        readsPrec d r =  readParen (d > app_prec)
                         (\r -> [(Leaf m,t) |
                                 ("Leaf",s) <- lex r,
                                 (m,t) <- readsPrec (app_prec+1) s]) r

                      ++ readParen (d > up_prec)
                         (\r -> [(u:^:v,w) |
                                 (u,s) <- readsPrec (up_prec+1) r,
                                 (":^:",t) <- lex s,
                                 (v,w) <- readsPrec (up_prec+1) t]) r

          where app_prec = 10
                up_prec = 5

Note that right-associativity of :^: is unused.

The derived instance in GHC is equivalent to

instance (Read a) => Read (Tree a) where

        readPrec = parens $ (prec app_prec $ do
                                 Ident "Leaf" <- lexP
                                 m <- step readPrec
                                 return (Leaf m))

                     +++ (prec up_prec $ do
                                 u <- step readPrec
                                 Symbol ":^:" <- lexP
                                 v <- step readPrec
                                 return (u :^: v))

          where app_prec = 10
                up_prec = 5

        readListPrec = readListPrecDefault

Why do both readsPrec and readPrec exist, and why does GHC opt to implement readPrec in derived Read instances instead of readsPrec? The reason is that readsPrec is based on the ReadS type, and although ReadS is mentioned in the Haskell 2010 Report, it is not a very efficient parser data structure.

readPrec, on the other hand, is based on a much more efficient ReadPrec datatype (a.k.a "new-style parsers"), but its definition relies on the use of the RankNTypes language extension. Therefore, readPrec (and its cousin, readListPrec) are marked as GHC-only. Nevertheless, it is recommended to use readPrec instead of readsPrec whenever possible for the efficiency improvements it brings.

As mentioned above, derived Read instances in GHC will implement readPrec instead of readsPrec. The default implementations of readsPrec (and its cousin, readList) will simply use readPrec under the hood. If you are writing a Read instance by hand, it is recommended to write it like so:

instance Read T where
  readPrec     = ...
  readListPrec = readListPrecDefault

Minimal complete definition

readsPrec | readPrec

Methods

readsPrec #

Arguments

:: Int

the operator precedence of the enclosing context (a number from 0 to 11). Function application has precedence 10.

-> ReadS a 

attempts to parse a value from the front of the string, returning a list of (parsed value, remaining string) pairs. If there is no successful parse, the returned list is empty.

Derived instances of Read and Show satisfy the following:

That is, readsPrec parses the string produced by showsPrec, and delivers the value that showsPrec started with.

readList :: ReadS [a] #

The method readList is provided to allow the programmer to give a specialised way of parsing lists of values. For example, this is used by the predefined Read instance of the Char type, where values of type String should be are expected to use double quotes, rather than square brackets.

readPrec :: ReadPrec a #

Proposed replacement for readsPrec using new-style parsers (GHC only).

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [a] #

Proposed replacement for readList using new-style parsers (GHC only). The default definition uses readList. Instances that define readPrec should also define readListPrec as readListPrecDefault.

Instances

Instances details
Read All

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read Any

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read Version

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Version

Read IntPtr 
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Defined in Foreign.Ptr

Read WordPtr 
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Defined in Foreign.Ptr

Read Void

Reading a Void value is always a parse error, considering Void as a data type with no constructors.

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read SeekMode

Since: base-4.2.0.0

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Defined in GHC.IO.Device

Read ExitCode 
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Defined in GHC.IO.Exception

Read BufferMode

Since: base-4.2.0.0

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Defined in GHC.IO.Handle.Types

Read Newline

Since: base-4.3.0.0

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Defined in GHC.IO.Handle.Types

Read NewlineMode

Since: base-4.3.0.0

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Defined in GHC.IO.Handle.Types

Read IOMode

Since: base-4.2.0.0

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Defined in GHC.IO.IOMode

Read Int16

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Int

Read Int32

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Int

Read Int64

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Int

Read Int8

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Int

Read GeneralCategory

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Word16

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Word32

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Word64

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Word8

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Lexeme

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Ordering

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Integer

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Natural

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read ()

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS () #

readList :: ReadS [()] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec () #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [()] #

Read Bool

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Char

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Double

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Float

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Int

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read Word

Since: base-4.5.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read a => Read (ZipList a)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in Control.Applicative

Read a => Read (And a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Iff a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Ior a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Xor a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Complex a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Complex

Read a => Read (Identity a)

This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the Identity newtype if the runIdentity field were removed

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in Data.Functor.Identity

Read a => Read (First a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Monoid

Read a => Read (Last a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Monoid

Read a => Read (First a)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (Last a)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (Max a)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (Min a)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read m => Read (WrappedMonoid m)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (Dual a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read a => Read (Product a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read a => Read (Sum a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read a => Read (NonEmpty a)

Since: base-4.11.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Read

(Integral a, Read a) => Read (Ratio a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read a => Read (Maybe a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Read a => Read (a)

Since: base-4.15

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Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a) #

readList :: ReadS [(a)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a)] #

Read a => Read [a]

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS [a] #

readList :: ReadS [[a]] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec [a] #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [[a]] #

(Read a, Read b) => Read (Either a b)

Since: base-3.0

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Defined in Data.Either

Read (Proxy t)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in Data.Proxy

(Read a, Read b) => Read (Arg a b)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Arg a b) #

readList :: ReadS [Arg a b] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Arg a b) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Arg a b] #

(Ix a, Read a, Read b) => Read (Array a b)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

(Read a, Read b) => Read (a, b)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b)] #

Read a => Read (Const a b)

This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the Const newtype if the getConst field were removed

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in Data.Functor.Const

Read (f a) => Read (Ap f a)

Since: base-4.12.0.0

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Defined in Data.Monoid

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Ap f a) #

readList :: ReadS [Ap f a] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Ap f a) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Ap f a] #

Read (f a) => Read (Alt f a)

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup.Internal

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Alt f a) #

readList :: ReadS [Alt f a] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Alt f a) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Alt f a] #

Coercible a b => Read (Coercion a b)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in Data.Type.Coercion

a ~ b => Read (a :~: b)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in Data.Type.Equality

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a :~: b) #

readList :: ReadS [a :~: b] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a :~: b) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [a :~: b] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c) => Read (a, b, c)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c)] #

(Read (f a), Read (g a)) => Read (Product f g a)

Since: base-4.18.0.0

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Defined in Data.Functor.Product

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Product f g a) #

readList :: ReadS [Product f g a] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Product f g a) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Product f g a] #

(Read (f a), Read (g a)) => Read (Sum f g a)

Since: base-4.18.0.0

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Defined in Data.Functor.Sum

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Sum f g a) #

readList :: ReadS [Sum f g a] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Sum f g a) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Sum f g a] #

a ~~ b => Read (a :~~: b)

Since: base-4.10.0.0

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Defined in Data.Type.Equality

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a :~~: b) #

readList :: ReadS [a :~~: b] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a :~~: b) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [a :~~: b] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d) => Read (a, b, c, d)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d)] #

Read (f (g a)) => Read (Compose f g a)

Since: base-4.18.0.0

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Defined in Data.Functor.Compose

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Compose f g a) #

readList :: ReadS [Compose f g a] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Compose f g a) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Compose f g a] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e) => Read (a, b, c, d, e)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m, Read n) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n)] #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m, Read n, Read o) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o)] #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o)] #

type ReadS a = String -> [(a, String)] #

A parser for a type a, represented as a function that takes a String and returns a list of possible parses as (a,String) pairs.

Note that this kind of backtracking parser is very inefficient; reading a large structure may be quite slow (cf ReadP).

Haskell 2010 functions

reads :: Read a => ReadS a #

equivalent to readsPrec with a precedence of 0.

read :: Read a => String -> a #

The read function reads input from a string, which must be completely consumed by the input process. read fails with an error if the parse is unsuccessful, and it is therefore discouraged from being used in real applications. Use readMaybe or readEither for safe alternatives.

>>> read "123" :: Int
123
>>> read "hello" :: Int
*** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse

readParen :: Bool -> ReadS a -> ReadS a #

readParen True p parses what p parses, but surrounded with parentheses.

readParen False p parses what p parses, but optionally surrounded with parentheses.

lex :: ReadS String #

The lex function reads a single lexeme from the input, discarding initial white space, and returning the characters that constitute the lexeme. If the input string contains only white space, lex returns a single successful `lexeme' consisting of the empty string. (Thus lex "" = [("","")].) If there is no legal lexeme at the beginning of the input string, lex fails (i.e. returns []).

This lexer is not completely faithful to the Haskell lexical syntax in the following respects:

  • Qualified names are not handled properly
  • Octal and hexadecimal numerics are not recognized as a single token
  • Comments are not treated properly

New parsing functions

data Lexeme #

Constructors

Char Char

Character literal

String String

String literal, with escapes interpreted

Punc String

Punctuation or reserved symbol, e.g. (, ::

Ident String

Haskell identifier, e.g. foo, Baz

Symbol String

Haskell symbol, e.g. >>, :%

Number Number

Since: base-4.6.0.0

EOF 

Instances

Instances details
Read Lexeme

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Read

Show Lexeme

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in Text.Read.Lex

Eq Lexeme

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in Text.Read.Lex

Methods

(==) :: Lexeme -> Lexeme -> Bool #

(/=) :: Lexeme -> Lexeme -> Bool #

lexP :: ReadPrec Lexeme #

Parse a single lexeme

parens :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec a #

(parens p) parses "P", "(P0)", "((P0))", etc, where p parses "P" in the current precedence context and parses "P0" in precedence context zero

readListDefault :: Read a => ReadS [a] #

A possible replacement definition for the readList method (GHC only). This is only needed for GHC, and even then only for Read instances where readListPrec isn't defined as readListPrecDefault.

readListPrecDefault :: Read a => ReadPrec [a] #

A possible replacement definition for the readListPrec method, defined using readPrec (GHC only).

readEither :: Read a => String -> Either String a #

Parse a string using the Read instance. Succeeds if there is exactly one valid result. A Left value indicates a parse error.

>>> readEither "123" :: Either String Int
Right 123
>>> readEither "hello" :: Either String Int
Left "Prelude.read: no parse"

Since: base-4.6.0.0

readMaybe :: Read a => String -> Maybe a #

Parse a string using the Read instance. Succeeds if there is exactly one valid result.

>>> readMaybe "123" :: Maybe Int
Just 123
>>> readMaybe "hello" :: Maybe Int
Nothing

Since: base-4.6.0.0