[erlang-questions] chained functions

[Tim Watson]

https://github.com/rabbitmq/erlando provides an implementation of monads
that'll do what I think you want:

write_file(Path, Data, Modes) ->
    Modes1 = [binary, write | (Modes -- [binary, write])],
    do([error_m ||
        Bin <- make_binary(Data),
        {ok, Hdl} <- file:open(Path, Modes1),
        {ok, Result} <- return(do([error_m ||
                                   ok <- file:write(Hdl, Bin),
                                   file:sync(Hdl)])),
        file:close(Hdl),
        Result]).

On 24 January 2012 19:31, Reynaldo Baquerizo <reynaldomic@REDACTED> wrote:

>
> A friend of mine asked:
>
> ##
> If you have functions that return {ok, Result} | {error, Reason}
> how do you chained them? So that you have:
>
> w(x(y(z(...))))
>
> without building a staircasing. Something that would be done in Haskell
> with monads.
> ##
>
> I would probably go for:
>
> x({ok, Value}) ->
>  NewValue = <do something with Value>,
>  {ok, NewValue};
> x({error, Reason}) ->
>  {error, Reason}.
>
> in each function
>
> which brings me other question, when do you tag return values?
>
> I tend to only use tagged return values with impure functions, were an
> error is more likely due to side effects.
>
> --
> Reynaldo
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