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----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module      : ErrM
-- Maintainer  : AR
-- Stability   : (stable)
-- Portability : (portable)
--
-- > CVS $Date: 2005/04/21 16:22:00 $ 
-- > CVS $Author: bringert $
-- > CVS $Revision: 1.5 $
--
-- hack for BNFC generated files. AR 21/9/2003
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

module GF.Data.ErrM (Err(..)) where

import Control.Monad (MonadPlus(..))

-- | like @Maybe@ type with error msgs
data Err a = Ok a | Bad String
  deriving (Read, Show, Eq)

instance Monad Err where
  return      = Ok
  fail        = Bad
  Ok a  >>= f = f a
  Bad s >>= f = Bad s

-- | added 2\/10\/2003 by PEB
instance Functor Err where
  fmap f (Ok a) = Ok (f a)
  fmap f (Bad s) = Bad s

-- | added by KJ
instance MonadPlus Err where
    mzero = Bad "error (no reason given)"
    mplus (Ok a)  _ = Ok a
    mplus (Bad s) b = b