ExtendedPositionDescription.hs

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{- |
 [@AUTHOR@]	Dr. Alistair Ward

 [@DESCRIPTION@]

	* <https://www.chessprogramming.org/Extended_Position_Description>.
-}

module BishBosh.Property.ExtendedPositionDescription(
-- * Type-classes
	ReadsEPD(..),
	ShowsEPD(..),
-- * Constants
	showsNullField,
	showsSeparator,
-- * Functions
	readEPD,
	showEPD
) where

-- | An alternative to 'Read'.
class ReadsEPD a where
	readsEPD	:: ReadS a	-- ^ Read a datum from EPD.

-- | An alternative to 'Show'.
class ShowsEPD a where
	showsEPD	:: a -> ShowS	-- ^ Stringify a EPD-datum.

-- | Read from EPD.
readEPD	:: ReadsEPD a => String -> a
readEPD s	= case readsEPD s of
	[(a, _)]	-> a
	_		-> error . showString "BishBosh.Property.ExtendedPositionDescription.readEPD:\tfailed to parse " $ shows s "."

-- | Display in EPD.
showEPD	:: ShowsEPD a => a -> String
showEPD a	= showsEPD a ""

-- | The standard way to denote the absence of a field.
showsNullField :: ShowS
showsNullField	= showChar '-'

-- | The standard separator between fields in EPD.
showsSeparator :: ShowS
showsSeparator	= showChar ' '