racket/collects/unstable/scribblings/contract.scrbl
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#lang scribble/manual
@(require scribble/eval "utils.rkt" (for-label racket unstable/contract))
@title[#:tag "contract"]{Contracts}
@defmodule[unstable/contract]
@unstable-header[]
@deftogether[[
@defproc[(non-empty-string? [x any/c]) boolean?]
@defproc[(non-empty-list? [x any/c]) boolean?]
@defproc[(non-empty-bytes? [x any/c]) boolean?]
@defproc[(non-empty-vector? [x any/c]) boolean?]]]{
Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[x] is of the appropriate data type
(string, list, bytes, or vector, respectively) and is not empty;
returns @racket[#f] otherwise.
}
@defproc[(singleton-list? [x any/c]) boolean?]{
Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[x] is a list of one element; returns
@racket[#f] otherwise.
}
@defthing[port-number? contract?]{
Equivalent to @racket[(between/c 1 65535)].
}
@defthing[tcp-listen-port? contract?]{
Equivalent to @racket[(between/c 0 65535)].
}
@defthing[path-element? contract?]{
Equivalent to @racket[(or/c path-string? (symbols 'up 'same))].
}
@addition{Ryan Culpepper}
@defproc[(if/c [predicate (-> any/c any/c)]
[then-contract contract?]
[else-contract contract?])
contract?]{
Produces a contract that, when applied to a value, first tests the
value with @racket[predicate]; if @racket[predicate] returns true, the
@racket[then-contract] is applied; otherwise, the
@racket[else-contract] is applied. The resulting contract is a flat
contract if both @racket[then-contract] and @racket[else-contract] are
flat contracts.
For example, the following contract enforces that if a value is a
procedure, it is a thunk; otherwise it can be any (non-procedure)
value:
@racketblock[(if/c procedure? (-> any) any/c)]
Note that the following contract is @bold{not} equivalent:
@racketblock[(or/c (-> any) any/c) (code:comment "wrong!")]
The last contract is the same as @racket[any/c] because
@racket[or/c] tries flat contracts before higher-order contracts.
}
@defthing[failure-result/c contract?]{
A contract that describes the failure result arguments of procedures
such as @racket[hash-ref].
Equivalent to @racket[(if/c procedure? (-> any) any/c)].
}
@defproc[(rename-contract [contract contract?]
[name any/c])
contract?]{
Produces a contract that acts like @racket[contract] but with the name
@racket[name].
The resulting contract is a flat contract if @racket[contract] is a
flat contract.
}
@addition[@author+email["Carl Eastlund" "cce@racket-lang.org"]]
@section{Flat Contracts}
@defthing[nat/c flat-contract?]{
This contract recognizes natural numbers that satisfy
@scheme[exact-nonnegative-integer?].
}
@defthing[pos/c flat-contract?]{
This contract recognizes positive integers that satisfy
@scheme[exact-positive-integer?].
}
@defthing[truth/c flat-contract?]{
This contract recognizes Scheme truth values, i.e., any value, but with a more
informative name and description. Use it in negative positions for arguments
that accept arbitrary truth values that may not be booleans.
}
@section{Syntax Object Contracts}
@defproc[(syntax-datum/c [datum/c any/c]) flat-contract?]{
Recognizes syntax objects @scheme[stx] such that @scheme[(syntax->datum stx)]
satisfies @scheme[datum/c].
}
@defproc[(syntax-listof/c [elem/c any/c]) flat-contract?]{
Recognizes syntax objects @scheme[stx] such that @scheme[(syntax->list stx)]
satisfies @scheme[(listof elem/c)].
}
@defproc[(syntax-list/c [elem/c any/c] ...) flat-contract?]{
Recognizes syntax objects @scheme[stx] such that @scheme[(syntax->list stx)]
satisfies @scheme[(list/c elem/c ...)].
}
@section{Higher-Order Contracts}
@deftogether[(
@defthing[thunk/c contract?]
@defthing[unary/c contract?]
@defthing[binary/c contract?]
)]{
These contracts recognize functions that accept 0, 1, or 2 arguments,
respectively, and produce a single result.
}
@deftogether[(
@defthing[predicate/c contract?]
@defthing[predicate-like/c contract?]
)]{
These contracts recognize predicates: functions of a single argument that
produce a boolean result.
The first constrains its output to satisfy @scheme[boolean?]. Use
@scheme[predicate/c] in positive position for predicates that guarantee a result
of @scheme[#t] or @scheme[#f].
The second constrains its output to satisfy @scheme[truth/c]. Use
@scheme[predicate-like/c] in negative position for predicates passed as
arguments that may return arbitrary values as truth values.
}
@deftogether[(
@defthing[comparison/c contract?]
@defthing[comparison-like/c contract?]
)]{
These contracts recognize comparisons: functions of two arguments that
produce a boolean result.
The first constrains its output to satisfy @scheme[boolean?]. Use
@scheme[comparison/c] in positive position for comparisons that guarantee a
result of @scheme[#t] or @scheme[#f].
The second constrains its output to satisfy @scheme[truth/c]. Use
@scheme[comparison-like/c] in negative position for comparisons passed as
arguments that may return arbitrary values as truth values.
}
@defproc[(sequence/c [elem/c contract?] ...) contract?]{
Wraps a @tech[#:doc '(lib "scribblings/reference/reference.scrbl")]{sequence},
obligating it to produce as many values as there are @scheme[elem/c] contracts,
and obligating each value to satisfy the corresponding @scheme[elem/c]. The
result is not guaranteed to be the same kind of sequence as the original value;
for instance, a wrapped list is not guaranteed to satisfy @scheme[list?].
@defexamples[
#:eval (eval/require 'racket/contract 'unstable/contract)
(define/contract predicates
(sequence/c (-> any/c boolean?))
(list integer? string->symbol))
(for ([P predicates])
(printf "~s\n" (P "cat")))
]
}
@defproc[(dict/c [key/c contract?] [value/c contract?]) contract?]{
Wraps a @tech[#:doc '(lib "scribblings/reference/reference.scrbl")]{dictionary},
obligating its keys to satisfy @scheme[key/c] and their corresponding values to
satisfy @scheme[value/c]. The result is not guaranteed to be the same kind of
dictionary as the original value; for instance, a wrapped hash table is not
guaranteed to satisfy @scheme[hash?].
@defexamples[
#:eval (eval/require 'racket/contract 'racket/dict 'unstable/contract)
(define/contract table
(dict/c symbol? string?)
(make-immutable-hash (list (cons 'A "A") (cons 'B 2) (cons 3 "C"))))
(dict-ref table 'A)
(dict-ref table 'B)
(dict-ref table 3)
]
@emph{Warning:} Bear in mind that key and value contracts are re-wrapped on
every dictionary operation, and dictionaries wrapped in @scheme[dict/c] multiple
times will perform the checks as many times for each operation. Especially for
immutable dictionaries (which may be passed through a constructor that involves
@scheme[dict/c] on each update), contract-wrapped dictionaries may be much less
efficient than the original dictionaries.
}