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TaggedAlgebraic
===============
Implementation of a generic algebraic data type with a tagged union storage. All operations of the contained types are available for the `TaggedAlgebraic`
Implementation of a generic `TaggedUnion` type along with a `TaggedAlgebraic` type that forwards all methods and operators of the contained types using dynamic dispatch.
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Usage
-----
Usage of `TaggedUnion`
----------------------
```d
import taggedalgebraic;
struct Foo {
string name;
void bar() {}
}
union Base {
int count;
int offset;
string str;
Foo foo;
}
alias TUnion = TaggedUnion!Base;
// Instantiate
TUnion taggedInt = TUnion.count(5);
TUnion taggedString = TUnion.str("Hello");
TUnion taggedFoo = TUnion.foo;
TUnion taggedAny = taggedInt;
taggedAny = taggedString;
taggedAny = taggedFoo;
// Default initializes to the first field
TUnion taggedDef;
assert(taggedDef.isCount);
assert(taggedDef.getCount == int.init);
// Check type: TUnion.Kind is an enum
assert(taggedInt.kind == TUnion.Kind.count);
assert(taggedString.kind == TUnion.Kind.str);
assert(taggedFoo.kind == TUnion.Kind.foo);
assert(taggedAny.kind == TUnion.Kind.foo);
// A shorter syntax is also available
assert(taggedInt.isCount);
assert(!taggedInt.isOffset);
assert(taggedString.isStr);
assert(taggedFoo.isFoo);
assert(taggedAny.isFoo);
// Set to a different type
taggedAny.setStr("bar");
assert(taggedAny.isStr);
assert(taggedAny.getStr() == "bar");
// Modify contained value by reference
taggedAny.getStr() = "baz";
assert(taggedAny.getStr() == "baz");
// In addition to the getter, the contained value can be extracted using get!()
// or by casting
assert(taggedInt.get!(TUnion.Kind.count) == 5);
assert(taggedInt.get!int == 5);
assert(cast(byte)taggedInt == 5);
// Multiple kinds of the same type are supported
taggedAny.setOffset(5);
assert(taggedAny.isOffset);
assert(taggedAny.isCount);
```
Usage of `TaggedAlgebraic`
--------------------------
```d
import taggedalgebraic;
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Foo foo;
}
alias Tagged = TaggedAlgebraic!Base;
alias TAlgebraic = TaggedAlgebraic!Base;
// Instantiate
Tagged taggedInt = 5;
Tagged taggedString = "Hello";
Tagged taggedFoo = Foo();
Tagged taggedAny = taggedInt;
TAlgebraic taggedInt = 5;
TAlgebraic taggedString = "Hello";
TAlgebraic taggedFoo = Foo();
TAlgebraic taggedAny = taggedInt;
taggedAny = taggedString;
taggedAny = taggedFoo;
// Check type: Tagged.Kind is an enum
assert(taggedInt.kind == Tagged.Kind.i);
assert(taggedString.kind == Tagged.Kind.str);
assert(taggedFoo.kind == Tagged.Kind.foo);
assert(taggedAny.kind == Tagged.Kind.foo);
// Check type: TAlgebraic.Kind is an enum
assert(taggedInt.kind == TAlgebraic.Kind.i);
assert(taggedString.kind == TAlgebraic.Kind.str);
assert(taggedFoo.kind == TAlgebraic.Kind.foo);
assert(taggedAny.kind == TAlgebraic.Kind.foo);
// In most cases, can simply use as-is
auto num = 4 + taggedInt;
auto msg = taggedString ~ " World!";
taggedFoo.bar();
if (taggedAny.kind == Tagged.Kind.foo) // Make sure to check type first!
if (taggedAny.kind == TAlgebraic.Kind.foo) // Make sure to check type first!
taggedAny.bar();
//taggedString.bar(); // AssertError: Not a Foo!
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auto i = cast(int) taggedInt;
auto str = cast(string) taggedString;
auto foo = cast(Foo) taggedFoo;
if (taggedAny.kind == Tagged.Kind.foo) // Make sure to check type first!
if (taggedAny.kind == TAlgebraic.Kind.foo) // Make sure to check type first!
auto foo2 = cast(Foo) taggedAny;
//cast(Foo) taggedString; // AssertError!
// Kind is an enum, so final switch is supported:
final switch (taggedAny.kind) {
case Tagged.Kind.i:
case TAlgebraic.Kind.i:
// It's "int i"
break;
case Tagged.Kind.str:
case TAlgebraic.Kind.str:
// It's "string str"
break;
case Tagged.Kind.foo:
case TAlgebraic.Kind.foo:
// It's "Foo foo"
break;
}
```
Compiler support
----------------
The library is tested to work on the following compilers:
- DMD 2.076.1 up to 2.084.1
- LDC 1.6.0 up to 1.14.0