option_result 3.0.1

A lightweight Dart library for Rust-like Option/Result types. Supports exhaustive pattern matching and provides helpers for None()/Err() propagation

3.0.1

• Fix README formatting.

3.0.0

• Add call() extension for the following types to allow calling them like a function for easy unwrapping of their Option/Result values:
  • Future<Option<T>>
  • FutureOr<Option<T>>
  • Future<Result<T, E>>
  • FutureOr<Result<T, E>>

Breaking changes

• Remove deprecated ~ operator for Option and Result type values.
• Remove ~ operator for Result<(), E> type values.

  • The only reason this was added was to keep ~await failableOperation() ergonomic, but this can be accomplished with a call() extension on Future/FutureOr values which keeps the quick method of unwrapping Option/Result values consistent accross the library.

    • ~a + ~b became a() + b()
    • ~optionFn() became optionFn()()
    • ~resultFn() became resultFn()() and now:
    • ~await optionFnAsync() becomes await optionFnAsync()()
    • ~await resultFnAsync() becomes await resultFnAsync()()

2.2.0

• Un-deprecate ~ operator for Result<(), E> type values
  • This keeps the ergonomics of ~ for unwrapping awaited Results, but only where the value would be discarded anyway, i.e., unwrapping a result that is only used for error handling inside a catchResult or catchResultAsync block so that the error can propagate.

2.1.0

• Add Option.call() to allow calling Option values like a function to unwrap their held values.
• Add Result.call() to allow calling Result values like a function to unwrap their held values.

Deprecation

• Deprecated ~ operators for Option and Result types.
  • Use Option/Result.call() as value() to unwrap with minimal syntax instead.
    • This prevents the need for accommodating operator precedence when unwrapping Option/Result values which provides a more ergonomic experience when accessing values/methods on the unwrapped value is needed.

2.0.1

• Remove work-in-progress message from readme.
  • How did I miss this?
    • help

2.0.0

Breaking changes

• Remove ~ shortcut for prefixing Option/Result propagation functions.

  • I failed to test the most obvious use-case. Due to the lack of generics on operators, when both variants of Option or Result are returned in the same prefixed function, the return type is inferred by the compiler to be Object and the propagation extensions then fail to recognize the function as a valid target for the ~ operator.

    To compensate, I made the Option/Result propagation helpers easier to type by renaming them, saving 4 characters and 2 syllables. It's the best I can think of until such time that Dart supposed fully generic operator definitions.

• Rename propagateOption() -> catchOption().
• Rename propagateResult() -> catchResult().
• Rename propagateOptionAsync() -> catchOptionAsync().
• Rename propagateResultAsync() -> catchResultAsync().

1.0.0

• Final documentation update for 1.0.0 release. 🎉

0.1.0-dev-4

• Update documentation.

0.1.0-dev-3

• Allow const Option and Result values.
• Rename Option#filter() -> Option#where().
  • This is more Dart-idiomatic.

0.1.0-dev-2

• Add Option#iter().
• Add Result#iter().

0.1.0-dev-1

• Add Option#toString().
• Add Result#toString().
• Rework == for Option and Result types.
  • Previously == would check for matching runtime types in addition to held value equality. I was trying to keep things as close to Rust's behavior as I could. It didn't occur to me until after I rewrote it to be more accommodating of dynamic values that it didn't support comparing held values that inherit from eachother that might normally be comparable in both the original implementation and the rewrite so I scrapped both in favor of solely comparing held values.

0.0.1-dev-9

• Add Result#transpose(), ok(), err().

0.0.1-dev-8

• Add Option#unwrapOrElse(), okOr(), okOrElse(), transpose().
• Add Result#unwrapOrElse(), isOkAnd(), isErrAnd(), mapOr(), mapOrElse().

0.0.1-dev-7

• Add Option#inspect(), xor(), isSomeAnd(), mapOr(), mapOrElse().
• Add Result#inspect(), inspectErr().

0.0.1-dev-6

• Add Option#flatten().
• Add Result#flatten().
• Refactor ~ shortcut for propagateResult/Async to return dynamic for ergonomics.
  • See documentation for more information.

0.0.1-dev-5

• Add ~ operator for unwrapping Option and Result types.
• Add ~ operator as shortcut for propagating None()/Err() in functions returning Option/Result.
• Rework Option#unzip() via extension methods to only provide the method on Option<(T, U)> values.

0.0.1-dev-4

• Add Option#and(), andThen(), or(), orElse(), expect().
• Add Result#and(), andThen(), or(), orElse(), expect(), expectErr().

0.0.1-dev-3

• Add Option#map(), zip(), zipWith(), unzip().
• Add Result#map(), mapErr().
• Reworked propagateResult/Async semantics to be more in-line with Rust's Result Err propagation.

0.0.1-dev-2

• Add separate packages to allow importing option and result separately.
• Add Option#filter() method.

0.0.1-dev-1

• Initial version.