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+
+## 0.1.0.0
+
+*   Initial release.
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+Copyright Dennis Gosnell (c) 2017-2018
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Author name here nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
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+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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+
+Data.WorldPeace
+==========================
+
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/cdepillabout/world-peace.svg)](http://travis-ci.org/cdepillabout/world-peace)
+[![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/world-peace.svg)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/world-peace)
+[![Stackage LTS](http://stackage.org/package/world-peace/badge/lts)](http://stackage.org/lts/package/world-peace)
+[![Stackage Nightly](http://stackage.org/package/world-peace/badge/nightly)](http://stackage.org/nightly/package/world-peace)
+![BSD3 license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD3-blue.svg)
+
+This package defines open union and open product types.  It also defines many
+combinators for working with these types.
+
+See the [hackage documentation](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/world-peace)
+for more explanation and examples.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Data/WorldPeace.hs b/src/Data/WorldPeace.hs
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+{- |
+Module      :  Data.WorldPeace
+
+Copyright   :  Dennis Gosnell 2017
+License     :  BSD3
+
+Maintainer  :  Dennis Gosnell (cdep.illabout@gmail.com)
+Stability   :  experimental
+Portability :  unknown
+
+This package defines a type called 'OpenUnion'. This represents an open union
+of possible types (also called an open sum type).
+
+Here is an example of taking a 'String', and lifting it up into an open union
+of a 'String' and 'Int':
+
+@
+  let int = 3 :: 'Int'
+  let o = 'openUnionLift' int :: 'OpenUnion' \'['String', 'Int']
+@
+
+There are a couple different ways to pattern match on a 'OpenUnion'.
+
+The easiest one is to use 'catchesOpenUnion', which takes a tuple of handlers for
+each possible type in the 'OpenUnion':
+
+@
+  let strHandler = (\str -> \"got a String: \" '++' str) :: 'String' -> 'String'
+      intHandler = (\int -> \"got an Int: \" '++' 'show' int) :: 'Int' -> 'String'
+  in 'catchesOpenUnion' (strHandler, intHandler) u :: 'String'
+@
+
+The above will print @got an Int: 3@.
+
+There is also the 'openUnionMatch' function, as well as 'fromOpenUnion' and
+'openUnion'. Read the documentation below for more information.
+-}
+
+module Data.WorldPeace
+  (
+  -- * 'OpenUnion'
+    OpenUnion
+  -- ** 'OpenUnion' Helpers
+  , openUnion
+  , fromOpenUnion
+  , fromOpenUnionOr
+  , openUnionPrism
+  , openUnionLift
+  , openUnionMatch
+  , catchesOpenUnion
+  , IsMember
+  -- ** 'Union' (used by 'OpenUnion')
+  -- | 'OpenUnion' is a type synonym around 'Union'. Most users will be able to
+  -- work directly with 'OpenUnion' and ignore this 'Union' type.
+  , Union(..)
+  -- *** Union helpers
+  , union
+  , absurdUnion
+  , umap
+  , catchesUnion
+  -- *** Union optics
+  , _This
+  , _That
+  -- *** Typeclasses used with Union
+  , Nat(Z, S)
+  , RIndex
+  , UElem(..)
+  -- ** 'OpenProduct'
+  -- | This 'OpenProduct' type is used to easily create a case-analysis for
+  -- 'Union's.  You can see it being used in 'catchesOpenUnion' and
+  -- The 'ToProduct' type class makes it easy to convert a
+  -- tuple to a 'Product'.  This class is used so that the end user only has to worry
+  -- about working with tuples, and can mostly ignore this 'Product' type.
+  , OpenProduct
+  , Product(..)
+  , ToOpenProduct
+  , tupleToOpenProduct
+  , ToProduct
+  , tupleToProduct
+  , ReturnX
+  ) where
+
+import Data.WorldPeace.Product
+import Data.WorldPeace.Union
diff --git a/src/Data/WorldPeace/Internal.hs b/src/Data/WorldPeace/Internal.hs
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+
+module Data.WorldPeace.Internal
+  ( module X
+  ) where
+
+import Data.WorldPeace.Internal.Prism as X
diff --git a/src/Data/WorldPeace/Internal/Prism.hs b/src/Data/WorldPeace/Internal/Prism.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      :  Data.WorldPeace.Internal.Prism
+License     :  BSD3
+Maintainer  :  Dennis Gosnell (cdep.illabout@gmail.com)
+Stability   :  experimental
+Portability :  unknown
+
+These functions are for working with Optics popularized by the
+<https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens lens> package. Documentation can be
+found in the lens package.  These functions are redefined here to remove the
+dependency on the lens package.
+-}
+
+module Data.WorldPeace.Internal.Prism
+  ( Prism
+  , prism
+  , Prism'
+  , prism'
+  , Iso
+  , iso
+  , review
+  , preview
+  , (<>~)
+  ) where
+
+import Data.Profunctor.Unsafe((#.))
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.Coerce
+import Data.Functor.Identity
+import Data.Monoid
+import Data.Profunctor
+import Data.Tagged
+
+type Iso s t a b
+   = forall p f. (Profunctor p, Functor f) =>
+                   p a (f b) -> p s (f t)
+
+type Prism s t a b
+   = forall p f. (Choice p, Applicative f) =>
+                   p a (f b) -> p s (f t)
+
+type Prism' s a = Prism s s a a
+
+type ASetter s t a b = (a -> Identity b) -> s -> Identity t
+
+iso :: (s -> a) -> (b -> t) -> Iso s t a b
+iso sa bt = dimap sa (fmap bt)
+{-# INLINE iso #-}
+
+prism :: (b -> t) -> (s -> Either t a) -> Prism s t a b
+prism bt seta = dimap seta (either pure (fmap bt)) . right'
+{-# INLINE prism #-}
+
+prism' :: (a -> s) -> (s -> Maybe a) -> Prism' s a
+prism' bs sma = prism bs (\s -> maybe (Left s) Right (sma s))
+{-# INLINE prism' #-}
+
+review :: Prism' t b -> b -> t
+review p = coerce . p . Tagged . Identity
+{-# INLINE review #-}
+
+preview :: Prism' s a -> s -> Maybe a
+preview l = coerce . l (Const . First . Just)
+{-# INLINE preview #-}
+
+over :: ASetter s t a b -> (a -> b) -> s -> t
+over l f = runIdentity #. l (Identity #. f)
+{-# INLINE over #-}
+
+infixr 4 <>~
+(<>~) :: Monoid a => ASetter s t a a -> a -> s -> t
+l <>~ n = over l (`mappend` n)
+{-# INLINE (<>~) #-}
diff --git a/src/Data/WorldPeace/Product.hs b/src/Data/WorldPeace/Product.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE EmptyCase #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE InstanceSigs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      :  Data.WorldPeace.Product
+
+Copyright   :  Dennis Gosnell 2017
+License     :  BSD3
+
+Maintainer  :  Dennis Gosnell (cdep.illabout@gmail.com)
+Stability   :  experimental
+Portability :  unknown
+
+This module defines an open product type.  This is used in the case-analysis
+handler for the open sum type ('Data.WorldPeace.Union.catchesUnion').
+-}
+
+module Data.WorldPeace.Product
+  where
+
+import Data.Functor.Identity (Identity(Identity))
+
+-- $setup
+-- >>> -- :set -XDataKinds
+
+-------------
+-- Product --
+-------------
+
+-- | An extensible product type.  This is similar to
+-- 'Data.WorldPeace.Union.Union', except a product type
+-- instead of a sum type.
+data Product (f :: u -> *) (as :: [u]) where
+  Nil :: Product f '[]
+  Cons :: !(f a) -> Product f as -> Product f (a ': as)
+
+-- | This type class provides a way to turn a tuple into a 'Product'.
+class ToProduct (tuple :: *) (f :: u -> *) (as :: [u]) | f as -> tuple where
+  -- | Convert a tuple into a 'Product'.  See 'tupleToProduct' for examples.
+  toProduct :: tuple -> Product f as
+
+-- | Convert a single value into a 'Product'.
+instance forall (f :: u -> *) (a :: u). ToProduct (f a) f '[a] where
+  toProduct :: f a -> Product f '[a]
+  toProduct fa = Cons fa Nil
+
+-- | Convert a tuple into a 'Product'.
+instance forall (f :: u -> *) (a :: u) (b :: u). ToProduct (f a, f b) f '[a, b] where
+  toProduct :: (f a, f b) -> Product f '[a, b]
+  toProduct (fa, fb) = Cons fa $ Cons fb Nil
+
+-- | Convert a 3-tuple into a 'Product'.
+instance forall (f :: u -> *) (a :: u) (b :: u) (c :: u). ToProduct (f a, f b, f c) f '[a, b, c] where
+  toProduct :: (f a, f b, f c) -> Product f '[a, b, c]
+  toProduct (fa, fb, fc) = Cons fa $ Cons fb $ Cons fc Nil
+
+-- | Convert a 4-tuple into a 'Product'.
+instance forall (f :: u -> *) (a :: u) (b :: u) (c :: u) (d :: u). ToProduct (f a, f b, f c, f d) f '[a, b, c, d] where
+  toProduct :: (f a, f b, f c, f d) -> Product f '[a, b, c, d]
+  toProduct (fa, fb, fc, fd) = Cons fa $ Cons fb $ Cons fc $ Cons fd Nil
+
+-- | Turn a tuple into a 'Product'.
+--
+-- >>> tupleToProduct (Identity 1, Identity 2.0) :: Product Identity '[Int, Double]
+-- Cons (Identity 1) (Cons (Identity 2.0) Nil)
+tupleToProduct :: ToProduct t f as => t -> Product f as
+tupleToProduct = toProduct
+
+-----------------
+-- OpenProduct --
+-----------------
+
+-- | @'Product' 'Identity'@ is used as a standard open product type.
+type OpenProduct = Product Identity
+
+-- | 'ToOpenProduct' gives us a way to convert a tuple to an 'OpenProduct'.
+-- See 'tupleToOpenProduct'.
+class ToOpenProduct (tuple :: *) (as :: [*]) | as -> tuple where
+  toOpenProduct :: tuple -> OpenProduct as
+
+-- | Convert a single value into an 'OpenProduct'.
+instance forall (a :: *). ToOpenProduct a '[a] where
+  toOpenProduct :: a -> OpenProduct '[a]
+  toOpenProduct a = Cons (Identity a) Nil
+
+-- | Convert a tuple into an 'OpenProduct'.
+instance
+    forall (a :: *) (b :: *). ToOpenProduct (a, b) '[a, b] where
+  toOpenProduct :: (a, b) -> OpenProduct '[a, b]
+  toOpenProduct (a, b) = Cons (Identity a) $ Cons (Identity b) Nil
+
+-- | Convert a 3-tuple into an 'OpenProduct'.
+instance
+    forall (a :: *) (b :: *) (c :: *). ToOpenProduct (a, b, c) '[a, b, c] where
+  toOpenProduct :: (a, b, c) -> OpenProduct '[a, b, c]
+  toOpenProduct (a, b, c) =
+    Cons (Identity a) $ Cons (Identity b) $ Cons (Identity c) Nil
+
+-- | Convert a 4-tuple into an 'OpenProduct'.
+instance
+    forall (a :: *) (b :: *) (c :: *) (d :: *).
+    ToOpenProduct (a, b, c, d) '[a, b, c, d] where
+  toOpenProduct :: (a, b, c, d) -> OpenProduct '[a, b, c, d]
+  toOpenProduct (a, b, c, d) =
+    Cons (Identity a)
+      . Cons (Identity b)
+      . Cons (Identity c)
+      $ Cons (Identity d) Nil
+
+-- | Turn a tuple into an 'OpenProduct'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Turn a triple into an 'OpenProduct':
+--
+-- >>> tupleToOpenProduct (1, 2.0, "hello") :: OpenProduct '[Int, Double, String]
+-- Cons (Identity 1) (Cons (Identity 2.0) (Cons (Identity "hello") Nil))
+--
+-- Turn a single value into an 'OpenProduct':
+--
+-- >>> tupleToOpenProduct 'c' :: OpenProduct '[Char]
+-- Cons (Identity 'c') Nil
+tupleToOpenProduct :: ToOpenProduct t as => t -> OpenProduct as
+tupleToOpenProduct = toOpenProduct
+
+---------------
+-- Instances --
+---------------
+
+-- | Show 'Nil' values.
+instance Show (Product f '[]) where
+  show :: Product f '[] -> String
+  show Nil = "Nil"
+
+-- | Show 'Cons' values.
+instance (Show (f a), Show (Product f as)) => Show (Product f (a ': as)) where
+  showsPrec :: Int -> (Product f (a ': as)) -> String -> String
+  showsPrec n (Cons fa prod) = showParen (n > 10) $
+    showString "Cons " . showsPrec 11 fa . showString " " . showsPrec 11 prod
+
diff --git a/src/Data/WorldPeace/Union.hs b/src/Data/WorldPeace/Union.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE EmptyCase #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE InstanceSigs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      :  Data.WorldPeace.Union
+
+Copyright   :  Dennis Gosnell 2017
+License     :  BSD3
+
+Maintainer  :  Dennis Gosnell (cdep.illabout@gmail.com)
+Stability   :  experimental
+Portability :  unknown
+
+This module defines extensible sum-types.  This is similar to how
+<https://hackage.haskell.org/package/vinyl vinyl> defines extensible records.
+
+A large portion of the code from this module was taken from the
+<https://hackage.haskell.org/package/union union> package.
+-}
+
+module Data.WorldPeace.Union
+  (
+  -- * Union
+    Union(..)
+  , union
+  , catchesUnion
+  , absurdUnion
+  , umap
+  -- ** Optics
+  , _This
+  , _That
+  -- ** Typeclasses
+  , Nat(Z, S)
+  , RIndex
+  , ReturnX
+  , UElem(..)
+  , IsMember
+  -- * OpenUnion
+  , OpenUnion
+  , openUnion
+  , fromOpenUnion
+  , fromOpenUnionOr
+  , openUnionPrism
+  , openUnionLift
+  , openUnionMatch
+  , catchesOpenUnion
+  -- * Setup code for doctests
+  -- $setup
+  ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
+import Control.DeepSeq (NFData(rnf))
+import Data.Aeson (FromJSON(parseJSON), ToJSON(toJSON), Value)
+import Data.Aeson.Types (Parser)
+import Data.Functor.Identity (Identity(Identity, runIdentity))
+import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
+import Text.Read (Read(readPrec), ReadPrec, (<++))
+
+import Data.WorldPeace.Internal.Prism
+  ( Prism
+  , Prism'
+  , iso
+  , preview
+  , prism
+  , prism'
+  , review
+  )
+import Data.WorldPeace.Product
+  ( Product(Cons, Nil)
+  , ToOpenProduct
+  , ToProduct
+  , tupleToOpenProduct
+  , tupleToProduct
+  )
+
+-- $setup
+-- >>> :set -XDataKinds
+-- >>> :set -XGADTs
+-- >>> :set -XTypeOperators
+-- >>> import Data.Text (Text)
+-- >>> import Text.Read (readMaybe)
+
+------------------------
+-- Type-level helpers --
+------------------------
+
+-- | A partial relation that gives the index of a value in a list.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Find the first item:
+--
+-- >>> import Data.Type.Equality ((:~:)(Refl))
+-- >>> Refl :: RIndex String '[String, Int] :~: 'Z
+-- Refl
+--
+-- Find the third item:
+--
+-- >>> Refl :: RIndex Char '[String, Int, Char] :~: 'S ('S 'Z)
+-- Refl
+type family RIndex (r :: k) (rs :: [k]) :: Nat where
+  RIndex r (r ': rs) = 'Z
+  RIndex r (s ': rs) = 'S (RIndex r rs)
+
+-- | Change a list of types into a list of functions that take the given type
+-- and return @x@.
+--
+-- >>> import Data.Type.Equality ((:~:)(Refl))
+-- >>> Refl :: ReturnX Double '[String, Int] :~: '[String -> Double, Int -> Double]
+-- Refl
+--
+-- Don't do anything with an empty list:
+--
+-- >>> Refl :: ReturnX Double '[] :~: '[]
+-- Refl
+type family ReturnX x as where
+  ReturnX x (a ': as) = ((a -> x) ': ReturnX x as)
+  ReturnX x '[] = '[]
+
+-- | A mere approximation of the natural numbers. And their image as lifted by
+-- @-XDataKinds@ corresponds to the actual natural numbers.
+data Nat = Z | S !Nat
+
+-----------------------------
+-- Union (from Data.Union) --
+-----------------------------
+
+-- | A 'Union' is parameterized by a universe @u@, an interpretation @f@
+-- and a list of labels @as@. The labels of the union are given by
+-- inhabitants of the kind @u@; the type of values at any label @a ::
+-- u@ is given by its interpretation @f a :: *@.
+--
+-- What does this mean in practice?  It means that a type like
+-- @'Union' 'Identity' \'['String', 'Int']@ can be _either_ an
+-- @'Identity' 'String'@ or an @'Identity' 'Int'@.
+--
+-- You need to pattern match on the 'This' and 'That' constructors to figure
+-- out whether you are holding a 'String' or 'Int':
+--
+-- >>> let u = That (This (Identity 1)) :: Union Identity '[String, Int]
+-- >>> :{
+--   case u of
+--     This (Identity str) -> "we got a string: " ++ str
+--     That (This (Identity int)) -> "we got an int: " ++ show int
+-- :}
+-- "we got an int: 1"
+--
+-- There are multiple functions that let you perform this pattern matching
+-- easier: 'union', 'catchesUnion', 'unionMatch'
+--
+-- There is also a type synonym 'OpenUnion' for the common case of
+-- @'Union' 'Indentity'@, as well as helper functions for working with it.
+data Union (f :: u -> *) (as :: [u]) where
+  This :: !(f a) -> Union f (a ': as)
+  That :: !(Union f as) -> Union f (a ': as)
+  deriving (Typeable)
+
+-- | Case analysis for 'Union'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+--  Here is an example of matching on a 'This':
+--
+-- >>> let u = This (Identity "hello") :: Union Identity '[String, Int]
+-- >>> let runIdent = runIdentity :: Identity String -> String
+-- >>> union (const "not a String") runIdent u
+-- "hello"
+--
+-- Here is an example of matching on a 'That':
+--
+-- >>> let v = That (This (Identity 3.3)) :: Union Identity '[String, Double, Int]
+-- >>> union (const "not a String") runIdent v
+-- "not a String"
+union :: (Union f as -> c) -> (f a -> c) -> Union f (a ': as) -> c
+union _ onThis (This a) = onThis a
+union onThat _ (That u) = onThat u
+
+-- | Since a union with an empty list of labels is uninhabited, we
+-- can recover any type from it.
+absurdUnion :: Union f '[] -> a
+absurdUnion u = case u of {}
+
+-- | Map over the interpretation @f@ in the 'Union'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Here is an example of changing a @'Union' 'Identity' \'['String', 'Int']@ to
+-- @'Union' 'Maybe' \'['String', 'Int']@:
+--
+-- >>> let u = This (Identity "hello") :: Union Identity '[String, Int]
+-- >>> umap (Just . runIdentity) u :: Union Maybe '[String, Int]
+-- Just "hello"
+umap :: (forall a . f a -> g a) -> Union f as -> Union g as
+umap f (This a) = This $ f a
+umap f (That u) = That $ umap f u
+
+catchesUnionProduct
+  :: forall x f as.
+     Applicative f
+  => Product f (ReturnX x as) -> Union f as -> f x
+catchesUnionProduct (Cons f _) (This a) = f <*> a
+catchesUnionProduct (Cons _ p) (That u) = catchesUnionProduct p u
+catchesUnionProduct Nil _ = undefined
+
+-- | An alternate case anaylsis for a 'Union'.  This method uses a tuple
+-- containing handlers for each potential value of the 'Union'.  This is
+-- somewhat similar to the 'Control.Exception.catches' function.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Here is an example of handling a 'Union' with two possible values.  Notice
+-- that a normal tuple is used:
+--
+-- >>> let u = This $ Identity 3 :: Union Identity '[Int, String]
+-- >>> let intHandler = (Identity $ \int -> show int) :: Identity (Int -> String)
+-- >>> let strHandler = (Identity $ \str -> str) :: Identity (String -> String)
+-- >>> catchesUnion (intHandler, strHandler) u :: Identity String
+-- Identity "3"
+--
+-- Given a 'Union' like @'Union' 'Identity' \'['Int', 'String']@, the type of
+-- 'catchesUnion' becomes the following:
+--
+-- @
+--   'catchesUnion'
+--     :: ('Identity' ('Int' -> 'String'), 'Identity' ('String' -> 'String'))
+--     -> 'Union' 'Identity' \'['Int', 'String']
+--     -> 'Identity' 'String'
+-- @
+--
+-- Checkout 'catchesOpenUnion' for more examples.
+catchesUnion
+  :: (Applicative f, ToProduct tuple f (ReturnX x as))
+  => tuple -> Union f as -> f x
+catchesUnion tuple u = catchesUnionProduct (tupleToProduct tuple) u
+
+-- | Lens-compatible 'Prism' for 'This'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Use '_This' to construct a 'Union':
+--
+-- >>> review _This (Just "hello") :: Union Maybe '[String]
+-- Just "hello"
+--
+-- Use '_This' to try to destruct a 'Union' into a @f a@:
+--
+-- >>> let u = This (Identity "hello") :: Union Identity '[String, Int]
+-- >>> preview _This u :: Maybe (Identity String)
+-- Just (Identity "hello")
+--
+-- Use '_This' to try to destruct a 'Union' into a @f a@ (unsuccessfully):
+--
+-- >>> let v = That (This (Identity 3.3)) :: Union Identity '[String, Double, Int]
+-- >>> preview _This v :: Maybe (Identity String)
+-- Nothing
+_This :: Prism (Union f (a ': as)) (Union f (b ': as)) (f a) (f b)
+_This = prism This (union (Left . That) Right)
+{-# INLINE _This #-}
+
+-- | Lens-compatible 'Prism' for 'That'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Use '_That' to construct a 'Union':
+--
+-- >>> let u = This (Just "hello") :: Union Maybe '[String]
+-- >>> review _That u :: Union Maybe '[Double, String]
+-- Just "hello"
+--
+-- Use '_That' to try to peel off a 'That' from a 'Union':
+--
+-- >>> let v = That (This (Identity "hello")) :: Union Identity '[Int, String]
+-- >>> preview _That v :: Maybe (Union Identity '[String])
+-- Just (Identity "hello")
+--
+-- Use '_That' to try to peel off a 'That' from a 'Union' (unsuccessfully):
+--
+-- >>> let w = This (Identity 3.5) :: Union Identity '[Double, String]
+-- >>> preview _That w :: Maybe (Union Identity '[String])
+-- Nothing
+_That :: Prism (Union f (a ': as)) (Union f (a ': bs)) (Union f as) (Union f bs)
+_That = prism That (union Right (Left . This))
+{-# INLINE _That #-}
+
+------------------
+-- type classes --
+------------------
+
+-- | @'UElem' a as i@ provides a way to potentially get an @f a@ out of a
+-- @'Union' f as@ ('unionMatch').  It also provides a way to create a
+-- @'Union' f as@ from an @f a@ ('unionLift').
+--
+-- This is safe because of the 'RIndex' contraint. This 'RIndex' constraint
+-- tells us that there /actually is/ an @a@ in @as@ at index @i@.
+--
+-- As an end-user, you should never need to implement an additional instance of
+-- this typeclass.
+class i ~ RIndex a as => UElem (a :: u) (as :: [u]) (i :: Nat) where
+  {-# MINIMAL unionPrism | unionLift, unionMatch #-}
+
+  -- | This is implemented as @'prism'' 'unionLift' 'unionMatch'@.
+  unionPrism :: Prism' (Union f as) (f a)
+  unionPrism = prism' unionLift unionMatch
+
+  -- | This is implemented as @'review' 'unionPrism'@.
+  unionLift :: f a -> Union f as
+  unionLift = review unionPrism
+
+  -- | This is implemented as @'preview' 'unionPrism'@.
+  unionMatch :: Union f as -> Maybe (f a)
+  unionMatch = preview unionPrism
+
+instance UElem a (a ': as) 'Z where
+  unionPrism :: Prism' (Union f (a ': as)) (f a)
+  unionPrism = _This
+  {-# INLINE unionPrism #-}
+
+instance
+    ( RIndex a (b ': as) ~ ('S i)
+    , UElem a as i
+    )
+    => UElem a (b ': as) ('S i) where
+  unionPrism :: Prism' (Union f (b ': as)) (f a)
+  unionPrism = _That . unionPrism
+  {-# INLINE unionPrism #-}
+
+-- | This is a helpful 'Constraint' synonym to assert that @a@ is a member of
+-- @as@.  You can see how it is used in functions like 'openUnionLift'.
+type IsMember (a :: u) (as :: [u]) = UElem a as (RIndex a as)
+
+---------------
+-- OpenUnion --
+---------------
+
+-- | We can use @'Union' 'Identity'@ as a standard open sum type.
+type OpenUnion = Union Identity
+
+-- | Case analysis for 'OpenUnion'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+--  Here is an example of successfully matching:
+--
+-- >>> let string = "hello" :: String
+-- >>> let o = openUnionLift string :: OpenUnion '[String, Int]
+-- >>> openUnion (const "not a String") id o
+-- "hello"
+--
+-- Here is an example of unsuccessfully matching:
+--
+-- >>> let double = 3.3 :: Double
+-- >>> let p = openUnionLift double :: OpenUnion '[String, Double, Int]
+-- >>> openUnion (const "not a String") id p
+-- "not a String"
+openUnion
+  :: (OpenUnion as -> c) -> (a -> c) -> OpenUnion (a ': as) -> c
+openUnion onThat onThis = union onThat (onThis . runIdentity)
+
+-- | This is similar to 'fromMaybe' for an 'OpenUnion'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+--  Here is an example of successfully matching:
+--
+-- >>> let string = "hello" :: String
+-- >>> let o = openUnionLift string :: OpenUnion '[String, Int]
+-- >>> fromOpenUnion (const "not a String") o
+-- "hello"
+--
+-- Here is an example of unsuccessfully matching:
+--
+-- >>> let double = 3.3 :: Double
+-- >>> let p = openUnionLift double :: OpenUnion '[String, Double, Int]
+-- >>> fromOpenUnion (const "not a String") p
+-- "not a String"
+fromOpenUnion
+  :: (OpenUnion as -> a) -> OpenUnion (a ': as) -> a
+fromOpenUnion onThat = openUnion onThat id
+
+-- | Flipped version of 'fromOpenUnion'.
+fromOpenUnionOr
+  :: OpenUnion (a ': as) -> (OpenUnion as -> a) -> a
+fromOpenUnionOr = flip fromOpenUnion
+
+-- | Just like 'unionPrism' but for 'OpenUnion'.
+openUnionPrism
+  :: forall a as.
+     IsMember a as
+  => Prism' (OpenUnion as) a
+openUnionPrism = unionPrism . iso runIdentity Identity
+{-# INLINE openUnionPrism #-}
+
+-- | Just like 'unionLift' but for 'OpenUnion'.
+--
+-- Creating an 'OpenUnion':
+--
+-- >>> let string = "hello" :: String
+-- >>> openUnionLift string :: OpenUnion '[Double, String, Int]
+-- Identity "hello"
+openUnionLift
+  :: forall a as.
+     IsMember a as
+  => a -> OpenUnion as
+openUnionLift = review openUnionPrism
+
+-- | Just like 'unionMatch' but for 'OpenUnion'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Successful matching:
+--
+-- >>> let string = "hello" :: String
+-- >>> let o = openUnionLift string :: OpenUnion '[Double, String, Int]
+-- >>> openUnionMatch o :: Maybe String
+-- Just "hello"
+--
+-- Failure matching:
+--
+-- >>> let double = 3.3 :: Double
+-- >>> let p = openUnionLift double :: OpenUnion '[Double, String]
+-- >>> openUnionMatch p :: Maybe String
+-- Nothing
+openUnionMatch
+  :: forall a as.
+     IsMember a as
+  => OpenUnion as -> Maybe a
+openUnionMatch = preview openUnionPrism
+
+-- | An alternate case anaylsis for an 'OpenUnion'.  This method uses a tuple
+-- containing handlers for each potential value of the 'OpenUnion'.  This is
+-- somewhat similar to the 'Control.Exception.catches' function.
+--
+-- When working with large 'OpenUnion's, it can be easier to use
+-- 'catchesOpenUnion' than 'openUnion'.
+--
+-- ==== __Examples__
+--
+-- Here is an example of handling an 'OpenUnion' with two possible values.
+-- Notice that a normal tuple is used:
+--
+-- >>> let u = openUnionLift (3 :: Int) :: OpenUnion '[Int, String]
+-- >>> let intHandler = (\int -> show int) :: Int -> String
+-- >>> let strHandler = (\str -> str) :: String -> String
+-- >>> catchesOpenUnion (intHandler, strHandler) u :: String
+-- "3"
+--
+-- Given an 'OpenUnion' like @'OpenUnion' \'['Int', 'String']@, the type of
+-- 'catchesOpenUnion' becomes the following:
+--
+-- @
+--   'catchesOpenUnion'
+--     :: ('Int' -> x, 'String' -> x)
+--     -> 'OpenUnion' \'['Int', 'String']
+--     -> x
+-- @
+--
+-- Here is an example of handling an 'OpenUnion' with three possible values:
+--
+-- >>> let u = openUnionLift ("hello" :: String) :: OpenUnion '[Int, String, Double]
+-- >>> let intHandler = (\int -> show int) :: Int -> String
+-- >>> let strHandler = (\str -> str) :: String -> String
+-- >>> let dblHandler = (\dbl -> "got a double") :: Double -> String
+-- >>> catchesOpenUnion (intHandler, strHandler, dblHandler) u :: String
+-- "hello"
+--
+-- Here is an example of handling an 'OpenUnion' with only one possible value.
+-- Notice how a tuple is not used, just a single value:
+--
+-- >>> let u = openUnionLift (2.2 :: Double) :: OpenUnion '[Double]
+-- >>> let dblHandler = (\dbl -> "got a double") :: Double -> String
+-- >>> catchesOpenUnion dblHandler u :: String
+-- "got a double"
+catchesOpenUnion
+  :: ToOpenProduct tuple (ReturnX x as)
+  => tuple -> OpenUnion as -> x
+catchesOpenUnion tuple u =
+  runIdentity $
+    catchesUnionProduct (tupleToOpenProduct tuple) u
+
+---------------
+-- Instances --
+---------------
+
+instance NFData (Union f '[]) where
+  rnf = absurdUnion
+
+instance (NFData (f a), NFData (Union f as)) => NFData (Union f (a ': as)) where
+  rnf = union rnf rnf
+
+instance Show (Union f '[]) where
+  showsPrec _ = absurdUnion
+
+instance (Show (f a), Show (Union f as)) => Show (Union f (a ': as)) where
+  showsPrec n = union (showsPrec n) (showsPrec n)
+
+-- | This will always fail, since @'Union' f \'[]@ is effectively 'Void'.
+instance Read (Union f '[]) where
+  readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Union f '[])
+  readsPrec _ _ = []
+
+-- | This is only a valid instance when the 'Read' instances for the types
+-- don't overlap.
+--
+-- For instance, imagine we are working with a 'Union' of a 'String' and a 'Double'.
+-- @3.5@ can only be read as a 'Double', not as a 'String'.
+-- Oppositely, @\"hello\"@ can only be read as a 'String', not as a 'Double'.
+--
+-- >>> let o = readMaybe "Identity 3.5" :: Maybe (Union Identity '[Double, String])
+-- >>> o
+-- Just (Identity 3.5)
+-- >>> o >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe Double
+-- Just 3.5
+-- >>> o >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe String
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> let p = readMaybe "Identity \"hello\"" :: Maybe (Union Identity '[Double, String])
+-- >>> p
+-- Just (Identity "hello")
+-- >>> p >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe Double
+-- Nothing
+-- >>> p >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe String
+-- Just "hello"
+--
+-- However, imagine are we working with a 'Union' of a 'String' and
+-- 'Data.Text.Text'.  @\"hello\"@ can be 'read' as both a 'String' and
+-- 'Data.Text.Text'.  However, in the following example, it can only be read as
+-- a 'String':
+--
+-- >>> let q = readMaybe "Identity \"hello\"" :: Maybe (Union Identity '[String, Text])
+-- >>> q
+-- Just (Identity "hello")
+-- >>> q >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe String
+-- Just "hello"
+-- >>> q >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe Text
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- If the order of the types is flipped around, we are are able to read @\"hello\"@
+-- as a 'Text' but not as a 'String'.
+--
+-- >>> let r = readMaybe "Identity \"hello\"" :: Maybe (Union Identity '[Text, String])
+-- >>> r
+-- Just (Identity "hello")
+-- >>> r >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe String
+-- Nothing
+-- >>> r >>= openUnionMatch :: Maybe Text
+-- Just "hello"
+instance (Read (f a), Read (Union f as)) => Read (Union f (a ': as)) where
+  readPrec :: ReadPrec (Union f (a ': as))
+  readPrec = fmap This readPrec <++ fmap That readPrec
+
+instance Eq (Union f '[]) where
+  (==) = absurdUnion
+
+instance (Eq (f a), Eq (Union f as)) => Eq (Union f (a ': as)) where
+    This a1 == This a2 = a1 == a2
+    That u1 == That u2 = u1 == u2
+    _       == _       = False
+
+instance Ord (Union f '[]) where
+  compare = absurdUnion
+
+instance (Ord (f a), Ord (Union f as)) => Ord (Union f (a ': as))
+  where
+    compare (This a1) (This a2) = compare a1 a2
+    compare (That u1) (That u2) = compare u1 u2
+    compare (This _)  (That _)  = LT
+    compare (That _)  (This _)  = GT
+
+instance ToJSON (Union f '[]) where
+  toJSON :: Union f '[] -> Value
+  toJSON = absurdUnion
+
+instance (ToJSON (f a), ToJSON (Union f as)) => ToJSON (Union f (a ': as)) where
+  toJSON :: Union f (a ': as) -> Value
+  toJSON = union toJSON toJSON
+
+-- | This will always fail, since @'Union' f \'[]@ is effectively 'Void'.
+instance FromJSON (Union f '[]) where
+  parseJSON :: Value -> Parser (Union f '[])
+  parseJSON _ = fail "Value of Union f '[] can never be created"
+
+-- | This is only a valid instance when the 'FromJSON' instances for the types
+-- don't overlap.
+--
+-- This is similar to the 'Read' instance.
+instance (FromJSON (f a), FromJSON (Union f as)) => FromJSON (Union f (a ': as)) where
+  parseJSON :: Value -> Parser (Union f (a ': as))
+  parseJSON val = fmap This (parseJSON val) <|> fmap That (parseJSON val)
+
+-- instance f ~ Identity => Exception (Union f '[])
+
+-- instance
+--     ( f ~ Identity
+--     , Exception a
+--     , Typeable as
+--     , Exception (Union f as)
+--     ) => Exception (Union f (a ': as))
+--   where
+--     toException = union toException (toException . runIdentity)
+--     fromException sE = matchR <|> matchL
+--       where
+--         matchR = This . Identity <$> fromException sE
+--         matchL = That <$> fromException sE
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# For more information, see: http://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/yaml_configuration.html
+
+# Specifies the GHC version and set of packages available (e.g., lts-3.5, nightly-2015-09-21, ghc-7.10.2)
+resolver: nightly-2018-02-26
+
+# Local packages, usually specified by relative directory name
+packages:
+- '.'
+
+# Packages to be pulled from upstream that are not in the resolver (e.g., acme-missiles-0.3)
+extra-deps: []
+
+# Override default flag values for local packages and extra-deps
+flags: {}
+
+# Extra package databases containing global packages
+extra-package-dbs: []
+
+# Control whether we use the GHC we find on the path
+# system-ghc: true
+
+# Require a specific version of stack, using version ranges
+# require-stack-version: -any # Default
+# require-stack-version: >= 1.0.0
+
+# Override the architecture used by stack, especially useful on Windows
+# arch: i386
+# arch: x86_64
+
+# Extra directories used by stack for building
+# extra-include-dirs: [/path/to/dir]
+# extra-lib-dirs: [/path/to/dir]
+
+# Allow a newer minor version of GHC than the snapshot specifies
+# compiler-check: newer-minor
+
+# Enable Hackage-friendly mode, for more details see
+#  https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/yaml_configuration/#pvp-bounds
+# This has been disabled because of the following exchange:
+# https://github.com/cdepillabout/pretty-simple/pull/1#issuecomment-272706215
+#pvp-bounds: both
diff --git a/test/DocTest.hs b/test/DocTest.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/DocTest.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+module Main (main) where
+
+import Prelude
+
+import Data.Monoid ((<>))
+import System.FilePath.Glob (glob)
+import Test.DocTest (doctest)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = glob "src/**/*.hs" >>= doDocTest
+
+doDocTest :: [String] -> IO ()
+doDocTest options = doctest $ options <> ghcExtensions
+
+ghcExtensions :: [String]
+ghcExtensions =
+    [
+    --   "-XConstraintKinds"
+    -- , "-XDataKinds"
+      "-XDeriveDataTypeable"
+    , "-XDeriveGeneric"
+    -- , "-XEmptyDataDecls"
+    , "-XFlexibleContexts"
+    -- , "-XFlexibleInstances"
+    -- , "-XGADTs"
+    -- , "-XGeneralizedNewtypeDeriving"
+    -- , "-XInstanceSigs"
+    -- , "-XMultiParamTypeClasses"
+    -- , "-XNoImplicitPrelude"
+    , "-XOverloadedStrings"
+    -- , "-XPolyKinds"
+    -- , "-XRankNTypes"
+    -- , "-XRecordWildCards"
+    , "-XScopedTypeVariables"
+    -- , "-XStandaloneDeriving"
+    -- , "-XTupleSections"
+    -- , "-XTypeFamilies"
+    -- , "-XTypeOperators"
+    ]
diff --git a/world-peace.cabal b/world-peace.cabal
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/world-peace.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name:                world-peace
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Open Union and Open Product Types
+description:         Please see <https://github.com/cdepillabout/world-peace#readme README.md>.
+homepage:            https://github.com/cdepillabout/world-peace
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Dennis Gosnell
+maintainer:          cdep.illabout@gmail.com
+copyright:           2017-2018 Dennis Gosnell
+category:            Data
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  CHANGELOG.md
+                   , README.md
+                   , stack.yaml
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Data.WorldPeace
+                     , Data.WorldPeace.Internal
+                     , Data.WorldPeace.Internal.Prism
+                     , Data.WorldPeace.Product
+                     , Data.WorldPeace.Union
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.9 && < 5
+                     , aeson
+                     , deepseq
+                     , profunctors
+                     , tagged
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall -fwarn-incomplete-uni-patterns -fwarn-incomplete-record-updates -fwarn-monomorphism-restriction
+  other-extensions:    QuasiQuotes
+                     , TemplateHaskell
+
+test-suite world-peace-doctest
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is:             DocTest.hs
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , doctest
+                     , Glob
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: git@github.com:cdepillabout/world-peace.git
