Safe.hs

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-- Copyright 2011, Open Universiteit Nederland. This file is distributed
-- under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information,
-- see the file "LICENSE.txt", which is included in the distribution.
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-- |
-- Maintainer  :  bastiaan.heeren@ou.nl
-- Stability   :  provisional
-- Portability :  portable (depends on ghc)
--
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module Domain.Math.Safe
   ( -- * Safe division
     SafeDiv(..), safeDivFractional
   , -- * Safe power and root
     SafePower(..)
   ) where

import Data.Ratio

-------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Safe division

class Num a => SafeDiv a where
   safeDiv   :: a -> a -> Maybe a
   safeRecip :: a -> Maybe a
   -- default definitions
   safeRecip = safeDiv 1

instance SafeDiv Integer where
   safeDiv x y
      | y /= 0 && m == 0 = Just d
      | otherwise        = Nothing
    where (d, m) = x `divMod` y

instance SafeDiv Double where
   safeDiv = safeDivFractional

instance Integral a => SafeDiv (Ratio a) where
   safeDiv = safeDivFractional

safeDivFractional :: Fractional a => a -> a -> Maybe a
safeDivFractional x y
   | y /= 0    = Just (x / y)
   | otherwise = Nothing

-------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Safe power and root

class Num a => SafePower a where
   safePower :: a -> a -> Maybe a
   safeSqrt  :: a -> Maybe a
   safeRoot  :: a -> a -> Maybe a
   -- default definitions
   safeSqrt = (`safeRoot` 2)

instance SafePower Integer where
   safeRoot _ _ = Nothing
   safePower x y
      | y >= 0    = Just (x ^ y)
      | otherwise = Nothing

instance Integral a => SafePower (Ratio a) where
   safeRoot _ _ = Nothing
   safePower x y
      | denominator y /= 1 = Nothing
      | numerator y >= 0   = Just a
      | otherwise          = Just (1/a)
    where
      a = x ^ abs (numerator y)

instance SafePower Double where
   safePower x y
      | x==0 && y<0 = Nothing
      | otherwise   = Just (x**y)
   safeRoot x y
      | x >= 0 && y >= 1 = Just (x ** (1/y))
      | otherwise        = Nothing