SYNOPSIS

a deref( Maybe<a> v )

ARGUMENTS

v The value to dereference

DESCRIPTION

Extract the value from a Prelude.Maybe(3kaya)
 An Exception is thrown if v is nothing
 A case statemement is generally more appropriate unless it is known that the dereferencing should succeed (for example, using Dict.lookup(3kaya) on a key known to have been added). deref(x) is equivalent to x.val

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). 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.

RELATED

Prelude.Maybe(3kaya)

Prelude.CantDerefNothing(3kaya)