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+# A value wrapper adding status information to any value
+# Status can be :ok or :error, we are thusly implementing
+# what is expressed in Elixir/Erlang as result tuples and
+# in Haskell as `Data.Either`
+class Result
+
+  attr_reader :status, :value
+  
+  class << self
+    def ok value
+      make :ok, value
+    end
+    def error value
+      make :error, value
+    end
+
+    def new *args
+      raise NoMethodError, "No default constructor for #{self}"
+    end
+
+    private
+    def make status, value
+      allocate.tap do | o |
+        o.instance_exec do
+          @status = status
+          @value  = value
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def ok?; status == :ok end
+
+  def == other
+    other.kind_of?(self.class) && other.status == status && other.value == value
+  end
+end