Libcat

Welcome to libCat

This is a C++17 library which implements concepts from the Category Theory. The C++ standard library partialy does this, but we put it in a different view. The main objective is to enforce the programmer to write correct code, with lesser undefined behaviour.

Algebraic Types

Product types

The tuple type: (A, B, ...)

tup<A, B, ...>

The unit type ()

unit = tup<>

The unit type singletone

nil

Sum types

The variant type: A | B | ...

var<A, B, ...>

The zero type

nvr = var<>

Memory Management Types

A unique_ptr<A> equivalent, but never nullptr

box<A>

A shared_ptr<A> equivalent, but never nullptr

rc<A> 

Memory management of A with a linked list

link<A>

Monad Types

The optional type: A | unit

opt<A> = var<A, unit> 

The lazy type: A | nvr

lazy<A> = var<A, nvr>

The vector type (A, ...) | unit

vec<A>

Monad Types + Memory Management Types

The unique_ptr equivalent: box<A> | unit

opt<box<A>>

The weak_ptr equivalent: rc<A> | unit

opt<rc<A>>