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Dev tools · October 19, 2021

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Result monad for Elixir inspired by Rust Result type

Result monad for Elixir inspired by Rust Result type launched on October 19, 2021 with 39 votes, #1,106 of 2,933 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

In plain words

This Elixir library provides a Result monad implementation inspired by Rust's Result type. It enables developers to handle success and failure cases in Elixir applications through a functional programming pattern. The library is designed for Elixir programmers who want to work with explicit error handling and chainable operations. It offers a structured alternative to exception-based error management, making code flow and error propagation more predictable.

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From the sources

This package can be installed by adding rustic_result to your list of dependencies in mix.exsfrom hexdocs.pm

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