bustle-0.7.2: Bustle/Util.hs

{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
{-
Bustle.Util: miscellaneous utility functions
Copyright © 2008–2012 Collabora Ltd.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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-}
module Bustle.Util
  (
    io
  , warn

  , getCacheDir

  -- You probably don't actually want to use this function.
  , traceM
  )
where

import Control.Monad.Trans (MonadIO, liftIO)
import Control.Monad
import Debug.Trace (trace)
import System.IO (hPutStrLn, stderr)
import Foreign.C.String
import System.Directory
import System.FilePath ((</>))
import Bustle.Translation (__)

-- Escape hatch to log a value from a non-IO monadic context.
traceM :: (Show a, Monad m) => a -> m ()
traceM = void . return . trace . show

-- Log a warning which isn't worth showing to the user, but which might
-- interest someone debugging the application.
warn :: String -> IO ()
warn = hPutStrLn stderr . (__ "Warning: " ++)

-- Shorthand for liftIO.
io :: MonadIO m => IO a -> m a
io = liftIO

foreign import ccall "g_get_user_cache_dir"
    g_get_user_cache_dir :: IO CString

getCacheDir :: IO FilePath
getCacheDir = do
    dotCache <- peekCString =<< g_get_user_cache_dir
    let dir = dotCache </> "bustle"
    createDirectoryIfMissing True dir
    return dir