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Builtins.Getting_Tag_From_Non_Union(3kaya) Kaya module reference Builtins.Getting_Tag_From_Non_Union(3kaya)

NAME

Builtins::Getting_Tag_From_Non_Union - Tried to do a constructor case statement wrongly

SYNOPSIS

Builtins::Getting_Tag_From_Non_Union( )

DESCRIPTION

This Exception is thrown when a case statement is used on something other than an ADT, for example:

i = 5;
case i of {
A(a) -> putStrLn(a);
| B(b) -> putStrLn(b);
}
In the example, the compiler would catch the error - in practice this error can occur when accessing an uninitialised value, or a value with inconsistent type information due to foreign function calls.

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
August 2014 Kaya