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Brummel df5b76bd65 Iter 15d: std_either ships — 2-type-var ADT + 3-type-var eliminator
Third stdlib module. Either<e, a> is the first 2-type-var data def,
and the eliminator `either : (e -> c) -> (a -> c) -> Either<e, a> -> c`
the first fn with three type vars on top of the data — the deepest
polymorphism shipped end-to-end so far.

Five combinators: from_right, is_left, is_right, map_right, either.
Demo exercises every one and runs to deterministic output. IR shows
six distinct monomorphisations including two `from_right` variants
(Left=Int vs Left=$u depending on call site) and `either__I_I_I`.

No new compiler bugs surfaced: 14a / 14h / 15b coverage was wide
enough to handle 2-type-var data plus 3-type-var fns out of the box.

Discovered (queued as 15e): `ail render` and `ail parse` are not
symmetric. Form-(A) printer in ailang_surface::print is the actual
inverse of `parse` (round-trip test covers it across all 25 fixtures
including std_either) but is not exposed via the CLI; `render` still
calls the older ailang_core::pretty::module printer.

Tests: 89/89 (was 88, +1 e2e for std_either_demo).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-07 18:48:43 +02:00

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; Iter 15d — third stdlib module: tagged-disjoint values.
; Either<e, a> is the canonical 2-type-var ADT. First stdlib module
; with two type parameters; first to ship an eliminator combinator
; (`either`) that introduces a third type var on top of the data.
(module std_either
(data Either (vars e a)
(doc "Disjoint sum: Left<e> for the failure branch, Right<a> for the success branch. Right is the conventional 'success' side.")
(ctor Left e)
(ctor Right a))
(fn from_right
(doc "Project the Right<a> payload, or use the default for Left<_>.")
(type
(forall (vars e a)
(fn-type
(params a (con Either e a))
(ret a))))
(params default x)
(body
(match x
(case (pat-ctor Right v) v)
(case (pat-ctor Left _) default))))
(fn is_left
(doc "Returns true iff x is Left<_>.")
(type
(forall (vars e a)
(fn-type
(params (con Either e a))
(ret (con Bool)))))
(params x)
(body
(match x
(case (pat-ctor Left _) true)
(case (pat-ctor Right _) false))))
(fn is_right
(doc "Returns true iff x is Right<_>.")
(type
(forall (vars e a)
(fn-type
(params (con Either e a))
(ret (con Bool)))))
(params x)
(body
(match x
(case (pat-ctor Left _) false)
(case (pat-ctor Right _) true))))
(fn map_right
(doc "Apply f to the Right<a> payload; pass Left<e> through untouched.")
(type
(forall (vars e a b)
(fn-type
(params (fn-type (params a) (ret b))
(con Either e a))
(ret (con Either e b)))))
(params f x)
(body
(match x
(case (pat-ctor Right v)
(term-ctor Either Right (app f v)))
(case (pat-ctor Left l)
(term-ctor Either Left l)))))
(fn either
(doc "Eliminator: apply on_left to a Left payload, on_right to a Right payload, fold both branches into the same result type c.")
(type
(forall (vars e a c)
(fn-type
(params (fn-type (params e) (ret c))
(fn-type (params a) (ret c))
(con Either e a))
(ret c))))
(params on_left on_right x)
(body
(match x
(case (pat-ctor Left l) (app on_left l))
(case (pat-ctor Right r) (app on_right r))))))