core/ops/
try_trait.rs

1use crate::ops::ControlFlow;
2
3/// The `?` operator and `try {}` blocks.
4///
5/// `try_*` methods typically involve a type implementing this trait.  For
6/// example, the closures passed to [`Iterator::try_fold`] and
7/// [`Iterator::try_for_each`] must return such a type.
8///
9/// `Try` types are typically those containing two or more categories of values,
10/// some subset of which are so commonly handled via early returns that it's
11/// worth providing a terse (but still visible) syntax to make that easy.
12///
13/// This is most often seen for error handling with [`Result`] and [`Option`].
14/// The quintessential implementation of this trait is on [`ControlFlow`].
15///
16/// # Using `Try` in Generic Code
17///
18/// `Iterator::try_fold` was stabilized to call back in Rust 1.27, but
19/// this trait is much newer.  To illustrate the various associated types and
20/// methods, let's implement our own version.
21///
22/// As a reminder, an infallible version of a fold looks something like this:
23/// ```
24/// fn simple_fold<A, T>(
25///     iter: impl Iterator<Item = T>,
26///     mut accum: A,
27///     mut f: impl FnMut(A, T) -> A,
28/// ) -> A {
29///     for x in iter {
30///         accum = f(accum, x);
31///     }
32///     accum
33/// }
34/// ```
35///
36/// So instead of `f` returning just an `A`, we'll need it to return some other
37/// type that produces an `A` in the "don't short circuit" path.  Conveniently,
38/// that's also the type we need to return from the function.
39///
40/// Let's add a new generic parameter `R` for that type, and bound it to the
41/// output type that we want:
42/// ```
43/// # #![feature(try_trait_v2)]
44/// # use std::ops::Try;
45/// fn simple_try_fold_1<A, T, R: Try<Output = A>>(
46///     iter: impl Iterator<Item = T>,
47///     mut accum: A,
48///     mut f: impl FnMut(A, T) -> R,
49/// ) -> R {
50///     todo!()
51/// }
52/// ```
53///
54/// If we get through the entire iterator, we need to wrap up the accumulator
55/// into the return type using [`Try::from_output`]:
56/// ```
57/// # #![feature(try_trait_v2)]
58/// # use std::ops::{ControlFlow, Try};
59/// fn simple_try_fold_2<A, T, R: Try<Output = A>>(
60///     iter: impl Iterator<Item = T>,
61///     mut accum: A,
62///     mut f: impl FnMut(A, T) -> R,
63/// ) -> R {
64///     for x in iter {
65///         let cf = f(accum, x).branch();
66///         match cf {
67///             ControlFlow::Continue(a) => accum = a,
68///             ControlFlow::Break(_) => todo!(),
69///         }
70///     }
71///     R::from_output(accum)
72/// }
73/// ```
74///
75/// We'll also need [`FromResidual::from_residual`] to turn the residual back
76/// into the original type.  But because it's a supertrait of `Try`, we don't
77/// need to mention it in the bounds.  All types which implement `Try` can be
78/// recreated from their corresponding residual, so we'll just call it:
79/// ```
80/// # #![feature(try_trait_v2)]
81/// # use std::ops::{ControlFlow, Try};
82/// pub fn simple_try_fold_3<A, T, R: Try<Output = A>>(
83///     iter: impl Iterator<Item = T>,
84///     mut accum: A,
85///     mut f: impl FnMut(A, T) -> R,
86/// ) -> R {
87///     for x in iter {
88///         let cf = f(accum, x).branch();
89///         match cf {
90///             ControlFlow::Continue(a) => accum = a,
91///             ControlFlow::Break(r) => return R::from_residual(r),
92///         }
93///     }
94///     R::from_output(accum)
95/// }
96/// ```
97///
98/// But this "call `branch`, then `match` on it, and `return` if it was a
99/// `Break`" is exactly what happens inside the `?` operator.  So rather than
100/// do all this manually, we can just use `?` instead:
101/// ```
102/// # #![feature(try_trait_v2)]
103/// # use std::ops::Try;
104/// fn simple_try_fold<A, T, R: Try<Output = A>>(
105///     iter: impl Iterator<Item = T>,
106///     mut accum: A,
107///     mut f: impl FnMut(A, T) -> R,
108/// ) -> R {
109///     for x in iter {
110///         accum = f(accum, x)?;
111///     }
112///     R::from_output(accum)
113/// }
114/// ```
115#[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2", issue = "84277", old_name = "try_trait")]
116#[rustc_on_unimplemented(
117    on(
118        all(from_desugaring = "TryBlock"),
119        message = "a `try` block must return `Result` or `Option` \
120                    (or another type that implements `{This}`)",
121        label = "could not wrap the final value of the block as `{Self}` doesn't implement `Try`",
122    ),
123    on(
124        all(from_desugaring = "QuestionMark"),
125        message = "the `?` operator can only be applied to values that implement `{This}`",
126        label = "the `?` operator cannot be applied to type `{Self}`"
127    )
128)]
129#[doc(alias = "?")]
130#[lang = "Try"]
131#[const_trait]
132#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_try", issue = "74935")]
133pub trait Try: [const] FromResidual {
134    /// The type of the value produced by `?` when *not* short-circuiting.
135    #[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2", issue = "84277", old_name = "try_trait")]
136    type Output;
137
138    /// The type of the value passed to [`FromResidual::from_residual`]
139    /// as part of `?` when short-circuiting.
140    ///
141    /// This represents the possible values of the `Self` type which are *not*
142    /// represented by the `Output` type.
143    ///
144    /// # Note to Implementors
145    ///
146    /// The choice of this type is critical to interconversion.
147    /// Unlike the `Output` type, which will often be a raw generic type,
148    /// this type is typically a newtype of some sort to "color" the type
149    /// so that it's distinguishable from the residuals of other types.
150    ///
151    /// This is why `Result<T, E>::Residual` is not `E`, but `Result<Infallible, E>`.
152    /// That way it's distinct from `ControlFlow<E>::Residual`, for example,
153    /// and thus `?` on `ControlFlow` cannot be used in a method returning `Result`.
154    ///
155    /// If you're making a generic type `Foo<T>` that implements `Try<Output = T>`,
156    /// then typically you can use `Foo<std::convert::Infallible>` as its `Residual`
157    /// type: that type will have a "hole" in the correct place, and will maintain the
158    /// "foo-ness" of the residual so other types need to opt-in to interconversion.
159    #[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2", issue = "84277", old_name = "try_trait")]
160    type Residual;
161
162    /// Constructs the type from its `Output` type.
163    ///
164    /// This should be implemented consistently with the `branch` method
165    /// such that applying the `?` operator will get back the original value:
166    /// `Try::from_output(x).branch() --> ControlFlow::Continue(x)`.
167    ///
168    /// # Examples
169    ///
170    /// ```
171    /// #![feature(try_trait_v2)]
172    /// use std::ops::Try;
173    ///
174    /// assert_eq!(<Result<_, String> as Try>::from_output(3), Ok(3));
175    /// assert_eq!(<Option<_> as Try>::from_output(4), Some(4));
176    /// assert_eq!(
177    ///     <std::ops::ControlFlow<String, _> as Try>::from_output(5),
178    ///     std::ops::ControlFlow::Continue(5),
179    /// );
180    ///
181    /// # fn make_question_mark_work() -> Option<()> {
182    /// assert_eq!(Option::from_output(4)?, 4);
183    /// # None }
184    /// # make_question_mark_work();
185    ///
186    /// // This is used, for example, on the accumulator in `try_fold`:
187    /// let r = std::iter::empty().try_fold(4, |_, ()| -> Option<_> { unreachable!() });
188    /// assert_eq!(r, Some(4));
189    /// ```
190    #[lang = "from_output"]
191    #[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2", issue = "84277", old_name = "try_trait")]
192    fn from_output(output: Self::Output) -> Self;
193
194    /// Used in `?` to decide whether the operator should produce a value
195    /// (because this returned [`ControlFlow::Continue`])
196    /// or propagate a value back to the caller
197    /// (because this returned [`ControlFlow::Break`]).
198    ///
199    /// # Examples
200    ///
201    /// ```
202    /// #![feature(try_trait_v2)]
203    /// use std::ops::{ControlFlow, Try};
204    ///
205    /// assert_eq!(Ok::<_, String>(3).branch(), ControlFlow::Continue(3));
206    /// assert_eq!(Err::<String, _>(3).branch(), ControlFlow::Break(Err(3)));
207    ///
208    /// assert_eq!(Some(3).branch(), ControlFlow::Continue(3));
209    /// assert_eq!(None::<String>.branch(), ControlFlow::Break(None));
210    ///
211    /// assert_eq!(ControlFlow::<String, _>::Continue(3).branch(), ControlFlow::Continue(3));
212    /// assert_eq!(
213    ///     ControlFlow::<_, String>::Break(3).branch(),
214    ///     ControlFlow::Break(ControlFlow::Break(3)),
215    /// );
216    /// ```
217    #[lang = "branch"]
218    #[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2", issue = "84277", old_name = "try_trait")]
219    fn branch(self) -> ControlFlow<Self::Residual, Self::Output>;
220}
221
222/// Used to specify which residuals can be converted into which [`crate::ops::Try`] types.
223///
224/// Every `Try` type needs to be recreatable from its own associated
225/// `Residual` type, but can also have additional `FromResidual` implementations
226/// to support interconversion with other `Try` types.
227#[rustc_on_unimplemented(
228    on(
229        all(
230            from_desugaring = "QuestionMark",
231            Self = "core::result::Result<T, E>",
232            R = "core::option::Option<core::convert::Infallible>",
233        ),
234        message = "the `?` operator can only be used on `Result`s, not `Option`s, \
235            in {ItemContext} that returns `Result`",
236        label = "use `.ok_or(...)?` to provide an error compatible with `{Self}`",
237        parent_label = "this function returns a `Result`"
238    ),
239    on(
240        all(
241            from_desugaring = "QuestionMark",
242            Self = "core::result::Result<T, E>",
243        ),
244        // There's a special error message in the trait selection code for
245        // `From` in `?`, so this is not shown for result-in-result errors,
246        // and thus it can be phrased more strongly than `ControlFlow`'s.
247        message = "the `?` operator can only be used on `Result`s \
248            in {ItemContext} that returns `Result`",
249        label = "this `?` produces `{R}`, which is incompatible with `{Self}`",
250        parent_label = "this function returns a `Result`"
251    ),
252    on(
253        all(
254            from_desugaring = "QuestionMark",
255            Self = "core::option::Option<T>",
256            R = "core::result::Result<T, E>",
257        ),
258        message = "the `?` operator can only be used on `Option`s, not `Result`s, \
259            in {ItemContext} that returns `Option`",
260        label = "use `.ok()?` if you want to discard the `{R}` error information",
261        parent_label = "this function returns an `Option`"
262    ),
263    on(
264        all(
265            from_desugaring = "QuestionMark",
266            Self = "core::option::Option<T>",
267        ),
268        // `Option`-in-`Option` always works, as there's only one possible
269        // residual, so this can also be phrased strongly.
270        message = "the `?` operator can only be used on `Option`s \
271            in {ItemContext} that returns `Option`",
272        label = "this `?` produces `{R}`, which is incompatible with `{Self}`",
273        parent_label = "this function returns an `Option`"
274    ),
275    on(
276        all(
277            from_desugaring = "QuestionMark",
278            Self = "core::ops::control_flow::ControlFlow<B, C>",
279            R = "core::ops::control_flow::ControlFlow<B, C>",
280        ),
281        message = "the `?` operator in {ItemContext} that returns `ControlFlow<B, _>` \
282            can only be used on other `ControlFlow<B, _>`s (with the same Break type)",
283        label = "this `?` produces `{R}`, which is incompatible with `{Self}`",
284        parent_label = "this function returns a `ControlFlow`",
285        note = "unlike `Result`, there's no `From`-conversion performed for `ControlFlow`"
286    ),
287    on(
288        all(
289            from_desugaring = "QuestionMark",
290            Self = "core::ops::control_flow::ControlFlow<B, C>",
291            // `R` is not a `ControlFlow`, as that case was matched previously
292        ),
293        message = "the `?` operator can only be used on `ControlFlow`s \
294            in {ItemContext} that returns `ControlFlow`",
295        label = "this `?` produces `{R}`, which is incompatible with `{Self}`",
296        parent_label = "this function returns a `ControlFlow`",
297    ),
298    on(
299        all(from_desugaring = "QuestionMark"),
300        message = "the `?` operator can only be used in {ItemContext} \
301                    that returns `Result` or `Option` \
302                    (or another type that implements `{This}`)",
303        label = "cannot use the `?` operator in {ItemContext} that returns `{Self}`",
304        parent_label = "this function should return `Result` or `Option` to accept `?`"
305    ),
306)]
307#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "FromResidual"]
308#[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2", issue = "84277", old_name = "try_trait")]
309#[const_trait]
310#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_try", issue = "74935")]
311pub trait FromResidual<R = <Self as Try>::Residual> {
312    /// Constructs the type from a compatible `Residual` type.
313    ///
314    /// This should be implemented consistently with the `branch` method such
315    /// that applying the `?` operator will get back an equivalent residual:
316    /// `FromResidual::from_residual(r).branch() --> ControlFlow::Break(r)`.
317    /// (The residual is not mandated to be *identical* when interconversion is involved.)
318    ///
319    /// # Examples
320    ///
321    /// ```
322    /// #![feature(try_trait_v2)]
323    /// use std::ops::{ControlFlow, FromResidual};
324    ///
325    /// assert_eq!(Result::<String, i64>::from_residual(Err(3_u8)), Err(3));
326    /// assert_eq!(Option::<String>::from_residual(None), None);
327    /// assert_eq!(
328    ///     ControlFlow::<_, String>::from_residual(ControlFlow::Break(5)),
329    ///     ControlFlow::Break(5),
330    /// );
331    /// ```
332    #[lang = "from_residual"]
333    #[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2", issue = "84277", old_name = "try_trait")]
334    fn from_residual(residual: R) -> Self;
335}
336
337#[unstable(
338    feature = "yeet_desugar_details",
339    issue = "none",
340    reason = "just here to simplify the desugaring; will never be stabilized"
341)]
342#[inline]
343#[track_caller] // because `Result::from_residual` has it
344#[lang = "from_yeet"]
345#[allow(unreachable_pub)] // not-exposed but still used via lang-item
346pub fn from_yeet<T, Y>(yeeted: Y) -> T
347where
348    T: FromResidual<Yeet<Y>>,
349{
350    FromResidual::from_residual(Yeet(yeeted))
351}
352
353/// Allows retrieving the canonical type implementing [`Try`] that has this type
354/// as its residual and allows it to hold an `O` as its output.
355///
356/// If you think of the `Try` trait as splitting a type into its [`Try::Output`]
357/// and [`Try::Residual`] components, this allows putting them back together.
358///
359/// For example,
360/// `Result<T, E>: Try<Output = T, Residual = Result<Infallible, E>>`,
361/// and in the other direction,
362/// `<Result<Infallible, E> as Residual<T>>::TryType = Result<T, E>`.
363#[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2_residual", issue = "91285")]
364#[const_trait]
365#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_try", issue = "74935")]
366pub trait Residual<O> {
367    /// The "return" type of this meta-function.
368    #[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2_residual", issue = "91285")]
369    type TryType: Try<Output = O, Residual = Self>;
370}
371
372#[unstable(feature = "pub_crate_should_not_need_unstable_attr", issue = "none")]
373#[allow(type_alias_bounds)]
374pub(crate) type ChangeOutputType<T: Try<Residual: Residual<V>>, V> =
375    <T::Residual as Residual<V>>::TryType;
376
377/// An adapter for implementing non-try methods via the `Try` implementation.
378///
379/// Conceptually the same as `Result<T, !>`, but requiring less work in trait
380/// solving and inhabited-ness checking and such, by being an obvious newtype
381/// and not having `From` bounds lying around.
382///
383/// Not currently planned to be exposed publicly, so just `pub(crate)`.
384#[repr(transparent)]
385pub(crate) struct NeverShortCircuit<T>(pub T);
386
387impl<T> NeverShortCircuit<T> {
388    /// Wraps a unary function to produce one that wraps the output into a `NeverShortCircuit`.
389    ///
390    /// This is useful for implementing infallible functions in terms of the `try_` ones,
391    /// without accidentally capturing extra generic parameters in a closure.
392    #[inline]
393    pub(crate) fn wrap_mut_1<A>(
394        mut f: impl FnMut(A) -> T,
395    ) -> impl FnMut(A) -> NeverShortCircuit<T> {
396        move |a| NeverShortCircuit(f(a))
397    }
398
399    #[inline]
400    pub(crate) fn wrap_mut_2<A, B>(mut f: impl FnMut(A, B) -> T) -> impl FnMut(A, B) -> Self {
401        move |a, b| NeverShortCircuit(f(a, b))
402    }
403}
404
405pub(crate) enum NeverShortCircuitResidual {}
406
407impl<T> Try for NeverShortCircuit<T> {
408    type Output = T;
409    type Residual = NeverShortCircuitResidual;
410
411    #[inline]
412    fn branch(self) -> ControlFlow<NeverShortCircuitResidual, T> {
413        ControlFlow::Continue(self.0)
414    }
415
416    #[inline]
417    fn from_output(x: T) -> Self {
418        NeverShortCircuit(x)
419    }
420}
421
422impl<T> FromResidual for NeverShortCircuit<T> {
423    #[inline]
424    fn from_residual(never: NeverShortCircuitResidual) -> Self {
425        match never {}
426    }
427}
428
429impl<T> Residual<T> for NeverShortCircuitResidual {
430    type TryType = NeverShortCircuit<T>;
431}
432
433/// Implement `FromResidual<Yeet<T>>` on your type to enable
434/// `do yeet expr` syntax in functions returning your type.
435#[unstable(feature = "try_trait_v2_yeet", issue = "96374")]
436#[derive(Debug)]
437pub struct Yeet<T>(pub T);