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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Isn't it just like error handled code in Golang?

Like a sequence A, B, C where if A errors you don't continue to B or C but if A is ok then you just continue doing B and so on. In the end you end up with the result or errors. Am I wrong to assume this?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The Either monad (also known as Result) provides Go-like error handling, but automated. You only check manually for errors after the last call, the monad handles the process.

    But this is just one example of a monad, there are many more.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Whenever I try and get a proper explanation of a monad from the internet I get these miserable opaque examples which make me go "sorry I asked!" But I think a monad is basically just single type that when unwrapped gives you the result of a calculation and some metadata about the calculation.

    I think it's more like Rust's Result or Option types then go's tuples but I'd say they both basically count.

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