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This PR enhances the `Servant.Server.layout` function, which produces a textual description of the routing layout of an API. More precisely, it changes `<capture>` blocks, so that they display the name and type of the variable being captured instead.
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Example:
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For the following API
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```haskell
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type API =
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"a" :> "d" :> Get '[JSON] NoContent
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:<|> "b" :> Capture "x" Int :> Get '[JSON] Bool
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:<|> "a" :> "e" :> Get '[JSON] Int
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```
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we previously got the following output:
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```
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/
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├─ a/
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│ ├─ d/
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│ │ └─•
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│ └─ e/
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│ └─•
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└─ b/
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└─ <capture>/
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├─•
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┆
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└─•
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```
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now we get:
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```
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/
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├─ a/
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│ ├─ d/
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│ │ └─•
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│ └─ e/
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│ └─•
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└─ b/
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└─ <x::Int>/
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├─•
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┆
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└─•
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```
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This change is achieved by the introduction of a CaptureHint type, which is passed as an extra argument to the CaptureRouter and CaptureAllRouter constructors for the Router' type.
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CaptureHint values are then used in routerLayout, to display the name and type of captured values, instead of just `<capture>` previously.
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N.B.:
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Because the choice smart constructor for routers can aggregate Capture combinators with different capture hints, the Capture*Router constructors actually take a list of CaptureHint, instead of a single one.
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This PR also introduces Spec tests for the routerLayout function.
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Warning:
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This change is potentially breaking, because it adds the constraint `Typeable a` to all types that are to be captured. Because all types are typeable since GHC 7.10, this is not as bad as it sounds ; it only break expressions where `a` is quantified in an expression with `Capture a`.
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In those cases, the fix is easy: it suffices to add `Typeable a` to the left-hand side of the quantification constraint.
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For instance, the following code will no longer compile:
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```haskell
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type MyAPI a = Capture "foo" a :> Get '[JSON] ()
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myServer :: forall a. Server (MyAPI a)
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myServer = const $ return ()
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myApi :: forall a. Proxy (MyAPI a)
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myApi = Proxy
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app :: forall a. (FromHttpApiData a) => Application
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app = serve (myApi @a) (myServer @a)
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```
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Indeed, `app` should be replaced with:
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```haskell
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app :: forall a. (FromHttpApiData a, Typeable a) => Application
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