{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides a Rust-inspired Result type for Python that represents either a success value (Ok) or an error (Err), enabling explicit error handling without exceptions.","skillfed_tags":["error-handling","type-safety","rust-inspired"],"use_cases":["Building APIs or functions where error cases are part of the normal control flow and should be handled explicitly rather than caught.","Type-checking error handling with MyPy by narrowing result types through isinstance checks to ensure all branches are covered.","Replacing tuple-based error returns (like returning (value, error_msg)) with a clearer, type-safe Result[T, E] signature.","Chaining operations on results using map and map_err to transform values or errors without nested conditionals.","Porting Rust code to Python while preserving the Result pattern for consistency and familiar error semantics."],"what_it_does":"Result is a type-safe container for representing success or failure outcomes without relying on exceptions. It provides Ok and Err classes that wrap values, letting you encode success or error states directly in function return types. The package is inspired by Rust's Result enum and fully type-annotated, making it compatible with MyPy and other type checkers for compile-time safety.\n\nYou use it by returning Ok(value) for success or Err(error) for failure, then checking the result with isinstance, is_ok/is_err functions, or Python 3.10+ match statements. It includes utility methods like map, unwrap, expect, and unwrap_or to transform and extract values. The design encourages explicit error handling at call sites rather than implicit exception propagation, making error paths visible in code.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you prefer explicit error handling and type safety over exceptions. The package is stable, has low install friction, and is widely used (top 5000 PyPI). However, note that the repository is archived and abandoned\u2014while the code is mature and unlikely to need updates, you will not receive maintenance or security patches. Use it for new projects only if your team is comfortable with that trade-off."},"id":"result","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/result","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/result.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/result/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2024-06-02","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"result","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A Rust-like result type for Python"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":2520319,"position":3024,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.17.0"}