When showing HandlerContent, include a content snippet #1864

dtpowl · 2025-03-20T20:19:14Z

When possible, shows a snippet of the underlying Content when showing (or displayExceptioning) an HCContent.

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parsonsmatt · 2025-03-20T21:02:23Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Types.hs

+contentToTruncatedString :: Content -> Int -> String
+contentToTruncatedString (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) maxLength =
+    let
+      truncated = take maxLength (show builder)
+      excess = case maybeLength of
+        (Just length) -> length - maxLength
+        Nothing -> 0
+    in case (excess > 0) of
+      True -> truncated ++ "... (+" ++ show excess ++ ")"
+      False -> truncated
+contentToTruncatedString (ContentSource _) _ = "ContentSource"
+contentToTruncatedString (ContentFile _ _) _ = "ContentFile"
+contentToTruncatedString (ContentDontEvaluate _) _ = "ContentDontEvaluate"


This function is exported. Can we add a doc string with @SInCE annotation?

Suggested change

contentToTruncatedString :: Content -> Int -> String

contentToTruncatedString (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) maxLength =

let

truncated = take maxLength (show builder)

excess = case maybeLength of

(Just length) -> length - maxLength

Nothing -> 0

in case (excess > 0) of

True -> truncated ++ "... (+" ++ show excess ++ ")"

False -> truncated

contentToTruncatedString (ContentSource _) _ = "ContentSource"

contentToTruncatedString (ContentFile _ _) _ = "ContentFile"

contentToTruncatedString (ContentDontEvaluate _) _ = "ContentDontEvaluate"

-- | doc me up boss

--

-- @since 1.6.28.0

contentToTruncatedString :: Content -> Int -> String

contentToTruncatedString (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) maxLength =

let

truncated = take maxLength (show builder)

excess = case maybeLength of

(Just length) -> length - maxLength

Nothing -> 0

in case (excess > 0) of

True -> truncated ++ "... (+" ++ show excess ++ ")"

False -> truncated

contentToTruncatedString (ContentSource _) _ = "ContentSource"

contentToTruncatedString (ContentFile _ _) _ = "ContentFile"

contentToTruncatedString (ContentDontEvaluate _) _ = "ContentDontEvaluate"

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-20T21:10:00Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Types.hs

+contentToTruncatedString :: Content -> Int -> String
+contentToTruncatedString (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) maxLength =
+    let
+      truncated = take maxLength (show builder)


hmm. show is probably not what we want here, but it may be. Calling show on a string-ish type usually will add quotes around it, so it can be copy/pasted into Haskell code.

λ> import Data.ByteString.Builder λ> show ("hello" :: Builder) "\"hello\"" λ> print ("hello" :: Builder) "hello" λ> putStrLn "hello" hello λ> print ("hello" :: String) "hello"

(print is putStrLn . show)

Likewise, show "\n" == "\"\\n\""

But, what we have is a bunch of bytes. Do we interpret them as ASCII and do Data.ByteString.Char8.unpack :: ByteString -> String? Or do we treat them as UTF8 and do Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8 ?

If we were to accept TypedContent here instead of Content, we'd be able to infer the encoding. If it's ASCII or UTF-8 or some other text encoding, the right thing to do will be obvious. And if the content type tells us it's not text at all, we'll just refrain from generating a snippet.

yesod-core/ChangeLog.md

Co-authored-by: Matt Parsons <parsonsmatt@gmail.com>

schoettl · 2025-03-21T07:24:44Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Types.hs

+      excess = case maybeLength of
+        (Just length) -> length - (fromIntegral maxLength)
+        Nothing -> 0
+    in case (excess > 0) of


Just my curiosity, is it a code formatter that surrounds Just length, excess > 0 and fromIntegral maxLength with parens or is it your personal preference?

It's less a preference and more a habit inherited from working in other languages; I'm pretty new to Haskell.

I don't really think the parens aid legibility in the examples you pointed out, so I'll probably remove them.

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-21T17:13:45Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Types.hs

+      = mconcat [ "HCContent "
+                , show (status, t)
+                , contentToTruncatedString c 1000
+                ]


Maybe want to parens + space it

Suggested change

= mconcat [ "HCContent "

, show (status, t)

, contentToTruncatedString c 1000

]

= mconcat [ "HCContent "

, show (status, t)

, " ("

, contentToTruncatedString c 1000

, ")"

]

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-21T17:15:14Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Types.hs

+contentToTruncatedString :: Content -> I.Int64 -> String
+contentToTruncatedString (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) maxLength =
+    let
+      truncated = (T.unpack . Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8) $ L.toStrict $ L.take maxLength (BB.toLazyByteString builder)


style nit: it's nice to have a consistent flow of function application. You can do almost all . with a single $, or all $:

Suggested change

truncated = (T.unpack . Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8) $ L.toStrict $ L.take maxLength (BB.toLazyByteString builder)

truncated = T.unpack $ Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8 $ L.toStrict $ L.take maxLength $ BB.toLazyByteString builder

Suggested change

truncated = (T.unpack . Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8) $ L.toStrict $ L.take maxLength (BB.toLazyByteString builder)

truncated = T.unpack . Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8 . L.toStrict . L.take maxLength $ BB.toLazyByteString builder

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-21T17:16:34Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Types.hs

+-- bytes of the content, and annotating it with the remaining length.
+--
+-- @since 1.6.28.0
+contentToTruncatedString :: Content -> I.Int64 -> String


Int64 is a reasonable choice here but it's a little nicer to use Integer or Int here - those are in Prelude and don't require imports for end users.

Agreed, but take in Data.ByteString.Lazy actually requires Int64.

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-21T17:17:12Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Types.hs

 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder             as TBuilder
 import           Data.Time                          (UTCTime)
 import           GHC.Generics                       (Generic)
+import qualified GHC.Int                            as I


GHC.Int is kind of an internal module - generally preferable to import from Data.Int which is less GHC internals-y

dtpowl · 2025-03-24T20:59:28Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

 simpleContentType :: ContentType -> ContentType
 simpleContentType = fst . B.break (== _semicolon)

+decoderForCharset :: Maybe B.ByteString -> L.ByteString -> TL.Text


Wikipedia offers some information about how often non-UTF8 encodings are used.

Unsurprisingly, UTF-8 is overwhelmingly more common than all other encodings combined. I added support for some of the more common alternatives, regardless.

dtpowl · 2025-03-24T21:01:51Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/HandlerContents.hs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+module Yesod.Core.HandlerContents


I broke this type definition out into a separate file to avoid a circular dependency. Maybe someone else can see a better way to solve this?

I think this is fine - just make sure HandlerContents is being properly re-exported from the original module in which it is defined.

You'll need to modify the yesod-core.cabal file and add this as either an exposed-modules (which makes it public so you'll want to add a CHANGELOG entry + some haddocks here) or other-modules (in which case it is private and you don't need to do quite so much ((though having an @since tag in some moduel docs is nice for the developer trawlin code)))

dtpowl · 2025-03-24T21:04:59Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs


+decoderForCharset :: Maybe B.ByteString -> L.ByteString -> TL.Text
+decoderForCharset (Just encodingSymbol)
+  | encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "utf-8")        = LE.decodeUtf8With EE.lenientDecode


See the IANA documentation for the character set symbols. I didn't handle synonyms here.

parsonsmatt

lots of comments, many of which are just on style/idiomatic Haskell

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:27:46Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

+decoderForCharset :: Maybe B.ByteString -> L.ByteString -> TL.Text
+decoderForCharset (Just encodingSymbol)
+  | encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "utf-8")        = LE.decodeUtf8With EE.lenientDecode
+  | encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "US-ASCII")     = TL.fromStrict . fst . decodeASCIIPrefix . B.toStrict


If you enable OverloadedStrings then you can write:

Suggested change

| encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "US-ASCII") = TL.fromStrict . fst . decodeASCIIPrefix . B.toStrict

| encodingSymbol == "US-ASCII" = TL.fromStrict . fst . decodeASCIIPrefix . B.toStrict

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:29:06Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

+decoderForCharset (Just encodingSymbol)
+  | encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "utf-8")        = LE.decodeUtf8With EE.lenientDecode
+  | encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "US-ASCII")     = TL.fromStrict . fst . decodeASCIIPrefix . B.toStrict
+  | encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "latin1")       = LE.decodeLatin1


i generally do not recommend using a formatter that aligns = like that - very sensitive to alignment breaking in other cases

instead, indenting after the = helps to have alignment on the expressions

Suggested change

| encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "latin1") = LE.decodeLatin1

| encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "latin1") =

LE.decodeLatin1

this is one of those things where the very nice aesthetics of Mathy Lookin Haskell Code don't play super nice with code-on-computer (vs code-on-paper)

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:30:18Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

+      typeIsText  = B.isPrefixOf (packString "text") t             ||
+                    B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/json") t ||
+                    B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/rss")  t ||
+                    B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/atom") t


Similar note re alignment - generally nicer to have operator first

Suggested change

typeIsText = B.isPrefixOf (packString "text") t ||

B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/json") t ||

B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/rss") t ||

B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/atom") t

typeIsText =

B.isPrefixOf (packString "text") t

|| B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/json") t

|| B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/rss") t

|| B.isPrefixOf (packString "application/atom") t

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:31:06Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

+      (t, params) = NWP.parseContentType ct
+      charset     = lookup (packString "charset") params


Suggested change

(t, params) = NWP.parseContentType ct

charset = lookup (packString "charset") params

(t, params) =

NWP.parseContentType ct

charset =

lookup (packString "charset") params

more diff-friendly way to get alignment on the expressions

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:32:32Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

+textDecoderFor :: ContentType -> L.ByteString -> Maybe TL.Text
+textDecoderFor ct =


This is point-free - we can make the below a bit more legible if we accept the parameter explicitly:

Suggested change

textDecoderFor :: ContentType -> L.ByteString -> Maybe TL.Text

textDecoderFor ct =

textDecoderFor :: ContentType -> L.ByteString -> Maybe TL.Text

textDecoderFor ct bytes =

This makes sense, but I'll probably rename this function while I'm at. Obviously there's no behavioral difference, but textDecoderFor sounds like a unary function that accepts a content type and returns a decoder; decodeTextForContentType sounds like a two-place function that accepts both a content type and some bytes.

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:40:01Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/HandlerContents.hs

+data HandlerContents =
+      HCContent !H.Status !TypedContent
+    | HCError !ErrorResponse
+    | HCSendFile !ContentType !FilePath !(Maybe W.FilePart)
+    | HCRedirect !H.Status !Text
+    | HCCreated !Text
+    | HCWai !W.Response
+    | HCWaiApp !W.Application
+instance Show HandlerContents where


parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:40:10Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/HandlerContents.hs

+    show (HCWai _) = "HCWai"
+    show (HCWaiApp _) = "HCWaiApp"
+instance Exception HandlerContents


Suggested change

show (HCWai _) = "HCWai"

show (HCWaiApp _) = "HCWaiApp"

instance Exception HandlerContents

show (HCWai _) = "HCWai"

show (HCWaiApp _) = "HCWaiApp"

instance Exception HandlerContents

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:41:40Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/HandlerContents.hs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+module Yesod.Core.HandlerContents


I think this is fine - just make sure HandlerContents is being properly re-exported from the original module in which it is defined.

You'll need to modify the yesod-core.cabal file and add this as either an exposed-modules (which makes it public so you'll want to add a CHANGELOG entry + some haddocks here) or other-modules (in which case it is private and you don't need to do quite so much ((though having an @since tag in some moduel docs is nice for the developer trawlin code)))

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:47:04Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

+contentToSnippet :: Content -> (L.ByteString -> Maybe TL.Text) -> I.Int64 -> Maybe TL.Text
+contentToSnippet (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) decoder maxLength = do
+  truncatedText <- decoder . L.take maxLength $ BB.toLazyByteString builder
+  pure $ truncatedText <> (TL.pack excessLengthString)
+  where
+    excessLength = fromMaybe 0 $ (subtract $ fromIntegral maxLength) <$> maybeLength
+    excessLengthString = case excessLength > 0 of
+      False -> ""
+      True -> "...+ " <> (show excessLength)


We can return L.ByteString here and leave the decoding to callsites. That simplifies our signature and use a bit.

Suggested change

contentToSnippet :: Content -> (L.ByteString -> Maybe TL.Text) -> I.Int64 -> Maybe TL.Text

contentToSnippet (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) decoder maxLength = do

truncatedText <- decoder . L.take maxLength $ BB.toLazyByteString builder

pure $ truncatedText <> (TL.pack excessLengthString)

where

excessLength = fromMaybe 0 $ (subtract $ fromIntegral maxLength) <$> maybeLength

excessLengthString = case excessLength > 0 of

False -> ""

True -> "...+ " <> (show excessLength)

contentToSnippet :: Content -> I.Int64 -> Maybe L.ByteString

contentToSnippet (ContentBuilder builder maybeLength) maxLength = do

truncatedText <- decoder . L.take maxLength $ BB.toLazyByteString builder

pure $ truncatedText <> (TL.pack excessLengthString)

where

excessLength = fromMaybe 0 $ (subtract $ fromIntegral maxLength) <$> maybeLength

excessLengthString = case excessLength > 0 of

False -> ""

True -> "...+ " <> (_f excessLength)

For _f, consider Data.ByteStrying.Lazy.Char8 which can pack :: [Char] -> ByteString or for supreme efficiency, using intDec :: Int -> Builder for constructing this, and then BB.toLazyByteString.

parsonsmatt · 2025-03-24T22:47:54Z

yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Content.hs

+--
+-- @since 1.6.28.0
+typedContentToSnippet :: TypedContent -> I.Int64 -> Maybe TL.Text
+typedContentToSnippet (TypedContent t c) maxLength = contentToSnippet c (textDecoderFor t) maxLength


If we extract the decoding responsibility, then we have:

Suggested change

typedContentToSnippet (TypedContent t c) maxLength = contentToSnippet c (textDecoderFor t) maxLength

typedContentToSnippet (TypedContent t c) maxLength = textDecoderFor t $ contentToSnippet c maxLength

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HandlerContents snippet #1894

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	truncated = (T.unpack . Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8) $ L.toStrict $ L.take maxLength (BB.toLazyByteString builder)
	truncated = T.unpack $ Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8 $ L.toStrict $ L.take maxLength $ BB.toLazyByteString builder

	truncated = (T.unpack . Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8) $ L.toStrict $ L.take maxLength (BB.toLazyByteString builder)
	truncated = T.unpack . Data.Text.Encoding.decodeUtf8 . L.toStrict . L.take maxLength $ BB.toLazyByteString builder

	\| encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "US-ASCII") = TL.fromStrict . fst . decodeASCIIPrefix . B.toStrict
	\| encodingSymbol == "US-ASCII" = TL.fromStrict . fst . decodeASCIIPrefix . B.toStrict

	\| encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "latin1") = LE.decodeLatin1
	\| encodingSymbol == (encodeUtf8 $ T.pack $ "latin1") =
	LE.decodeLatin1

		(t, params) = NWP.parseContentType ct
		charset = lookup (packString "charset") params

		textDecoderFor :: ContentType -> L.ByteString -> Maybe TL.Text
		textDecoderFor ct =

	typedContentToSnippet (TypedContent t c) maxLength = contentToSnippet c (textDecoderFor t) maxLength
	typedContentToSnippet (TypedContent t c) maxLength = textDecoderFor t $ contentToSnippet c maxLength

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