lerox: Consolidate traits

The auto-implementation scheme doesn't really fit the application

lerox/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 //! Lerox is a stupid, simple combinator library, part of the Conlang project
 
-pub trait Combinable {
+/// The core trait of Lerox, [Combinator], generically implements a handful of simple
-    /// Evaluates the [Combinable], and returns whether it is alright
+/// combinators for your type based on two required functions:
+/// - [`is_alright(&self) -> bool`](Combinator::is_alright) performs some unspecified *evaluation*
+///   on `self`, and returns true if `self` is valid for your problem domain.
+/// - [`into_alright(self) -> Self`](Combinator::into_alright) performs some unspecified
+///   *transformation* of `self` into an alright version of `self` (that is, one which satisfies
+///   [`self.is_alright()`](Combinator::is_alright) == `true`)
+pub trait Combinator: Sized {
+    /// Evaluates the [Combinator], and returns whether it is alright.
+    ///
+    /// This is the basis for [Combinator]'s [and*](Combinator::and())/[or*](Combinator::or())
+    /// behaviors, and is like a generic form of [Option::is_some()] or [Result::is_ok()]
     fn is_alright(&self) -> bool;
-    /// Makes this [Combinable] alright, somehow
-    fn alright(self) -> Self;
-}
 
-pub trait Combinator: Combinable + Sized {
+    /// Does something to make this [Combinator] [alright](Combinator::is_alright())
+    fn into_alright(self) -> Self;
+
     /// If self is alright, runs f(self)
     fn and(self, f: impl Fn(Self) -> Self) -> Self {
         match self.is_alright() {
@@ -16,14 +25,29 @@ pub trait Combinator: Combinable + Sized {
         }
     }
 
-    /// If self is not alright, runs f(self)
+    /// If self is not alright, runs f(self) as if it were alright
     fn or(self, f: impl FnOnce(Self) -> Self) -> Self {
         match self.is_alright() {
             true => self,
-            false => f(self),
+            false => f(self.into_alright()),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Repeats the function f on self until it would fail
+    fn and_any(self, f: impl Fn(Self) -> Self) -> Self {
+        self.and(|mut this| {
+            while this.is_alright() {
+                this = this.and(&f)
+            }
+            this.into_alright()
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Repeats the function f on self at least once, then until it fails.
+    fn and_many(self, f: impl Fn(Self) -> Self) -> Self {
+        self.and(&f).and_any(f)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the result of running f on self, or if it fails, the original self
     fn and_maybe(self, f: impl Fn(Self) -> Self) -> Self
     where Self: Clone {
@@ -35,21 +59,4 @@ pub trait Combinator: Combinable + Sized {
     where Self: Clone {
         self.clone().and(f).or(|_| g(self))
     }
-
-    /// Repeats the function f on self until it fails
-    fn and_any(self, f: impl Fn(Self) -> Self) -> Self {
-        self.and(|mut this| {
-            while this.is_alright() {
-                this = this.and(&f)
 }
-            this.alright()
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Repeats the function f on self at least once, then until it fails.
-    fn and_many(self, f: impl Fn(Self) -> Self) -> Self {
-        self.and(&f).and_any(f)
-    }
-}
-
-impl<C: Combinable> Combinator for C {}

libconlang/src/lib.rs

@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ pub mod lexer {
         }
     }
 
-    impl<'t> lerox::Combinable for Rule<'t> {
+    impl<'t> lerox::Combinator for Rule<'t> {
         fn is_alright(&self) -> bool {
             self.is_alright
         }
-        fn alright(self) -> Self {
+        fn into_alright(self) -> Self {
             Self { is_alright: true, ..self }
         }
     }