Source file IO.ml

# 1 "lib-rpc/IO.ml"
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module type S = sig
  (** Defines the blocking interface for reading and writing to Cohttp
      streams *)

  (** ['a t] represents a blocking monad state *)
  type 'a t

  val ( >>= ) : 'a t -> ('a -> 'b t) -> 'b t
  (** [a >>= b] will pass the result of [a] to the [b] function. This is a
      monadic [bind]. *)

  val return : 'a -> 'a t
  (** [return a] will construct a constant IO value. *)

  (** [ic] represents an input channel *)
  type ic

  (** [oc] represents an output channel *)
  type oc

  val read : ic -> Csexp.t option t

  val write : oc -> Csexp.t list -> unit t

  (** A basic implementation of this module can be:

      {[
        module IO = struct
          type 'a t = 'a

          type ic = in_channel

          type oc = out_channel

          let ( >>= ) x f = f x

          let return x = x

          let read ic =
            match Csexp.input ic with
            | Ok x -> return (Some x)
            | Error _ -> return None

          let write oc lx =
            List.iter (Csexp.to_channel oc) lx ;
            Stdlib.flush oc ;
            return ()
        end
      ]} *)
end