RetractableTo S

coerce.spad line 53 [edit on github]

• S: Type

A is retractable to B means that some elements of A can be converted into elements of B and any element of B can be converted into an element of A.

coerce: S -> %

from CoercibleFrom S

retract: % -> S

retract(a) transforms a into an element of S if possible. Error: if a cannot be made into an element of S.

retractIfCan: % -> Union(S, failed)

retractIfCan(a) transforms a into an element of S if possible. Returns “failed” if a cannot be made into an element of S.

CoercibleFrom S