{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-} {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-} {-# LANGUAGE EmptyCase #-} {-# LANGUAGE Safe #-} {-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Copyright : (C) 2008-2014 Edward Kmett -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : Edward Kmett <[email protected]> -- Stability : provisional -- Portability : portable -- -- A logically uninhabited data type, used to indicate that a given -- term should not exist. -- -- @since 4.8.0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- module Data.Void ( Void , absurd , vacuous ) where import Control.Exception import Data.Data import Data.Ix import GHC.Generics -- | Uninhabited data type -- -- @since 4.8.0.0 data Void deriving (Generic) deriving instance Data Void -- | @since 4.8.0.0 instance Eq Void where _ == _ = True -- | @since 4.8.0.0 instance Ord Void where compare _ _ = EQ -- | Reading a 'Void' value is always a parse error, considering -- 'Void' as a data type with no constructors. -- | @since 4.8.0.0 instance Read Void where readsPrec _ _ = [] -- | @since 4.8.0.0 instance Show Void where showsPrec _ = absurd -- | @since 4.8.0.0 instance Ix Void where range _ = [] index _ = absurd inRange _ = absurd rangeSize _ = 0 -- | @since 4.8.0.0 instance Exception Void -- | Since 'Void' values logically don't exist, this witnesses the -- logical reasoning tool of \"ex falso quodlibet\". -- -- @since 4.8.0.0 absurd :: Void -> a absurd a = case a of {} -- | If 'Void' is uninhabited then any 'Functor' that holds only -- values of type 'Void' is holding no values. -- -- @since 4.8.0.0 vacuous :: Functor f => f Void -> f a vacuous = fmap absurd