base-compat-0.9.3: A compatibility layer for base

Safe Haskell | Safe
Language | Haskell98

Text.Read.Compat

Contents

- The `Read` class
- Haskell 2010 functions
- New parsing functions

Synopsis

- class Read a where
- type ReadS a = String -> [(a, String)]
- reads :: Read a => ReadS a
- read :: Read a => String -> a
- readParen :: Bool -> ReadS a -> ReadS a
- lex :: ReadS String
- module Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec
- data Lexeme :: *
  - = Char Char
  - | String String
  - | Punc String
  - | Ident String
  - | Symbol String
  - | Number Number
  - | EOF
- lexP :: ReadPrec Lexeme
- parens :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec a
- readListDefault :: Read a => ReadS [a]
- readListPrecDefault :: Read a => ReadPrec [a]
- readEither :: Read a => String -> Either String a
- readMaybe :: Read a => String -> Maybe a

# The `Read` class

class Read a where #

Parsing of `String`s, 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

Minimal complete definition

readsPrec | readPrec

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> 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:

- `(x,"")` is an element of `(`readsPrec` d (`showsPrec` d x ""))`.

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

Read Bool |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Bool # readList :: ReadS [Bool] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Bool # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Bool] #
Read Char |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Char # readList :: ReadS [Char] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Char # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Char] #
Read Double |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Double # readList :: ReadS [Double] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Double # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Double] #
Read Float |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Float # readList :: ReadS [Float] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Float # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Float] #
Read Int |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Int # readList :: ReadS [Int] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Int # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Int] #
Read Integer |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Integer # readList :: ReadS [Integer] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Integer # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Integer] #
Read Ordering |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Ordering # readList :: ReadS [Ordering] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Ordering # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Ordering] #
Read Word |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Word # readList :: ReadS [Word] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Word # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Word] #
Read Word8 |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Word8 # readList :: ReadS [Word8] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Word8 # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Word8] #
Read Word16 |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Word16 # readList :: ReadS [Word16] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Word16 # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Word16] #
Read Word32 |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Word32 # readList :: ReadS [Word32] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Word32 # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Word32] #
Read Word64 |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Word64 # readList :: ReadS [Word64] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Word64 # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Word64] #
Read () |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS () # readList :: ReadS [()] # readPrec :: ReadPrec () # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [()] #
Read Version |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Version # readList :: ReadS [Version] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Version # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Version] #
Read ExitCode |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ExitCode # readList :: ReadS [ExitCode] # readPrec :: ReadPrec ExitCode # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [ExitCode] #
Read All |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS All # readList :: ReadS [All] # readPrec :: ReadPrec All # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [All] #
Read Any |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Any # readList :: ReadS [Any] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Any # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Any] #
Read Fixity |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Fixity # readList :: ReadS [Fixity] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Fixity # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Fixity] #
Read Associativity |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Associativity # readList :: ReadS [Associativity] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Associativity # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Associativity] #
Read SourceUnpackedness |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS SourceUnpackedness # readList :: ReadS [SourceUnpackedness] # readPrec :: ReadPrec SourceUnpackedness # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [SourceUnpackedness] #
Read SourceStrictness |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS SourceStrictness # readList :: ReadS [SourceStrictness] # readPrec :: ReadPrec SourceStrictness # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [SourceStrictness] #
Read DecidedStrictness |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS DecidedStrictness # readList :: ReadS [DecidedStrictness] # readPrec :: ReadPrec DecidedStrictness # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [DecidedStrictness] #
Read SomeNat |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS SomeNat # readList :: ReadS [SomeNat] # readPrec :: ReadPrec SomeNat # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [SomeNat] #
Read SomeSymbol |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS SomeSymbol # readList :: ReadS [SomeSymbol] # readPrec :: ReadPrec SomeSymbol # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [SomeSymbol] #
Read Lexeme |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Lexeme # readList :: ReadS [Lexeme] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Lexeme # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Lexeme] #
Read GeneralCategory |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS GeneralCategory # readList :: ReadS [GeneralCategory] # readPrec :: ReadPrec GeneralCategory # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [GeneralCategory] #
Read a => Read [a] |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS [a] # readList :: ReadS [[a]] # readPrec :: ReadPrec [a] # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [[a]] #
Read a => Read (Maybe a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Maybe a) # readList :: ReadS [Maybe a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Maybe a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Maybe a] #
(Integral a, Read a) => Read (Ratio a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Ratio a) # readList :: ReadS [Ratio a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Ratio a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Ratio a] #
Read (V1 p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (V1 p) # readList :: ReadS [V1 p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (V1 p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [V1 p] #
Read (U1 p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (U1 p) # readList :: ReadS [U1 p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (U1 p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [U1 p] #
Read p => Read (Par1 p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Par1 p) # readList :: ReadS [Par1 p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Par1 p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Par1 p] #
Read a => Read (Complex a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Complex a) # readList :: ReadS [Complex a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Complex a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Complex a] #
Read a => Read (ZipList a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (ZipList a) # readList :: ReadS [ZipList a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (ZipList a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [ZipList a] #
Read a => Read (Dual a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Dual a) # readList :: ReadS [Dual a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Dual a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Dual a] #
Read a => Read (Sum a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Sum a) # readList :: ReadS [Sum a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Sum a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Sum a] #
Read a => Read (Product a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Product a) # readList :: ReadS [Product a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Product a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Product a] #
Read a => Read (First a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (First a) # readList :: ReadS [First a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (First a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [First a] #
Read a => Read (Last a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Last a) # readList :: ReadS [Last a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Last a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Last a] #
(Read b, Read a) => Read (Either a b) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Either a b) # readList :: ReadS [Either a b] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Either a b) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Either a b] #
Read (f p) => Read (Rec1 f p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Rec1 f p) # readList :: ReadS [Rec1 f p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Rec1 f p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Rec1 f p] #
(Read a, Read b) => Read (a, b) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b) # readList :: ReadS [(a, b)] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b)] #
(Ix a, Read a, Read b) => Read (Array a b) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Array a b) # readList :: ReadS [Array a b] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Array a b) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Array a b] #
Read (Proxy k s) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Proxy k s) # readList :: ReadS [Proxy k s] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Proxy k s) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Proxy k s] #
Read c => Read (K1 i c p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (K1 i c p) # readList :: ReadS [K1 i c p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (K1 i c p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [K1 i c p] #
(Read (g p), Read (f p)) => Read ((:+:) f g p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ((f :+: g) p) # readList :: ReadS [(f :+: g) p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec ((f :+: g) p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(f :+: g) p] #
(Read (g p), Read (f p)) => Read ((:*:) f g p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ((f :*: g) p) # readList :: ReadS [(f :*: g) p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec ((f :*: g) p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(f :*: g) p] #
Read (f (g p)) => Read ((:.:) f g p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ((f :.: g) p) # readList :: ReadS [(f :.: g) p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec ((f :.: g) p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(f :.: g) p] #
(Read a, Read b, Read c) => Read (a, b, c) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c) # readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c)] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c)] #
Read a => Read (Const k a b) | This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the `Const` newtype if the `runConst` field were removed
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Const k a b) # readList :: ReadS [Const k a b] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Const k a b) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Const k a b] #
Read (f a) => Read (Alt k f a) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Alt k f a) # readList :: ReadS [Alt k f a] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Alt k f a) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Alt k f a] #
Coercible k a b => Read (Coercion k a b) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Coercion k a b) # readList :: ReadS [Coercion k a b] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (Coercion k a b) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Coercion k a b] #
(~) k a b => Read ((:~:) k a b) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ((k :~: a) b) # readList :: ReadS [(k :~: a) b] # readPrec :: ReadPrec ((k :~: a) b) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(k :~: a) b] #
Read (f p) => Read (M1 i c f p) |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (M1 i c f p) # readList :: ReadS [M1 i c f p] # readPrec :: ReadPrec (M1 i c f p) # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [M1 i c f p] #
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d) => Read (a, b, c, d) |
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 a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e) => Read (a, b, c, d, e) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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.

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

module Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec

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: 4.6.0.0
EOF |

Instances

Eq Lexeme |
Methods (==) :: Lexeme -> Lexeme -> Bool # (/=) :: Lexeme -> Lexeme -> Bool #
Read Lexeme |
Methods readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Lexeme # readList :: ReadS [Lexeme] # readPrec :: ReadPrec Lexeme # readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Lexeme] #
Show Lexeme |
Methods showsPrec :: Int -> Lexeme -> ShowS # show :: Lexeme -> String # showList :: [Lexeme] -> ShowS #

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.

Since: 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.

Since: 4.6.0.0