crocks/pointfree/init.js

A collection of well known Algebraic Datatypes for your utter enjoyment.

/** @license ISC License (c) copyright 2019 original and current authors */
/** @author RichardForrester */

var isFunction = require('../core/isFunction')
var isNil = require('../core/isNil')

var ref = require('../core/Maybe');
var Nothing = ref.Nothing;
var Just = ref.Just;

function init(m) {
  if(!isNil(m)) {
    if(isFunction(m.init)) {
      return m.init()
    }

    if(isFunction(m.slice)) {
      return m.length < 2
        ? Nothing()
        : Just(m.slice(0, -1))
    }
  }

  throw new TypeError('init: Argument must be an Array, String, or List')
}

module.exports = init