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% File: enum.m.
% Author: stayl.
% Stability: medium
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% This module provides the typeclass `enum', which describes types
% which can be converted to and from integers without loss of information.
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:- module enum.
:- interface.

    % A type T can be declared to be a member of the enum typeclass if
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    % - all values X of type T can be converted to an int N using
    %   the instance's to_int member function, with each distinct X
    %   being translated by to_int to a distinct N; and
    %
    % - for all values N of type int that are equal to to_int(X) for some X,
    %   from_int(N) = X.
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    % - for all values N of type int that are not equal to to_int(X) for any X,
    %   from_int(N) should fail.
    %
    % In mathematical notation, the following must hold:
    %
    %   all [X] (X = from_int(to_int(X)))
    %   all [X, Y] (to_int(X) = to_int(Y)) => X = Y)
    %   all [N] (some [X] N = to_int(X) => from_int(N) = X)
    %   all [N] (not (some [X] N = to_int(X))) => from_int(N) fails
    %
:- typeclass enum(T) where [
    func to_int(T) = int,
    func from_int(int) = T is semidet
].

    % `det_from_int(I)' returns the result of `from_int(I)', but throws an
    % exception if `from_int' fails.
    %
:- func det_from_int(int) = T <= enum(T).

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