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Tom01098
Tom01098

Reputation: 143

Result bind with different types?

I've made a simple Computation Expression workflow for dealing with Results.

[<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
module Result =

    type Builder() =

        member __.Bind(x, f) = x |> Result.bind f

        member __.Return(x) = x

        member __.ReturnFrom(x) = Ok x

    let workflow = Builder()

I also use different types to represent different kids of errors:

type ValidationError<'a> = { Obj:'a; Message:string }
type InvalidOperationError = { Operation:string; Message:string }

The problem arises when two results have different error types. 

LetterString.create : string -> Result<LetterString, ValidationError<string>>
Username.create : string -> Result<Username, ValidationError<string>>
PositiveDecimal.create : decimal -> Result<PositiveDecimal, ValidationError<decimal>>

let user = 
    Result.workflow {
        let! name = LetterString.create "Tom"
        let! username = Username.create "Tom01098"
        // Error occurs here.
        let! balance = PositiveDecimal.create 100m

        return! { 
            // User record creation elided.
        }
    }

FS0001  Type mismatch. Expecting a
    'Result<PositiveDecimal,ValidationError<string>>'    
but given a
    'Result<PositiveDecimal,ValidationError<decimal>>'

I have already tried using a DU type of all errors:

type Error<'a> =
    | ValidationError of Obj:'a * Message:string
    | InvalidOperationError of Operation:string * Message:string

This has a similar problem when the generic parameter 'a is different between errors. It also loses the exact type of error in the type signature of the function.

The expected result is that the entire workflow has a unified error type, preferably as specific as possible in terms of type.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 286

Answers (1)

Tom01098
Tom01098

Reputation: 143

Can be solved by removing the generic parameter and using a single Error DU. Unfortunately this loses the signature I wanted, but it will have to do.

Upvotes: 2

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