feat: complete Phase 3 - error transformation and performance optimizations

## Error Transformation
- Add `map()` method to all matchers for error transformation before matching
- Support chaining transformations with method chaining
- Enable error normalization, nested error extraction, and context addition
- Works with both exhaustive and non-exhaustive matching

## Performance Optimizations
- Implement tag-based lookup tables using Map for O(1) error matching
- Fast-path matching for errors created with `defineError()` (have `tag` property)
- Fallback to instanceof checks for non-tagged errors
- Apply optimization to both sync and async matchers
- Significant performance improvement for large error unions

## Documentation
- Add comprehensive examples for `map()` transformation
- Document performance characteristics
- Update roadmap: Phase 3 completed (3/4 features, 1 deferred)

## Bundle Size
- Final size: 5.16 KB (minified)
- All tests passing: 57/57

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: ackermannQ

README.md

@@ -208,6 +208,36 @@ const result = await matchErrorOfAsync<AllErrors>(error)
 
 ### Advanced Matching
 
+#### `.map(transform)`
+Transform the error before matching against it. Useful for normalizing errors or adding context.
+
+```ts
+const NetworkError = defineError('NetworkError')<{ status: number; url: string }>();
+const ParseError = defineError('ParseError')<{ at: string }>();
+
+// Normalize errors by adding a timestamp
+matchErrorOf<Err>(error)
+  .map(e => {
+    (e as any).timestamp = Date.now();
+    return e;
+  })
+  .with(NetworkError, e => `Network error at ${(e as any).timestamp}`)
+  .with(ParseError, e => `Parse error at ${(e as any).timestamp}`)
+  .exhaustive();
+
+// Extract nested errors
+matchError(wrappedError)
+  .map(e => (e as any).cause ?? e)
+  .with(NetworkError, e => `Root cause: ${e.data.status}`)
+  .otherwise(() => 'Unknown error');
+```
+
+**Benefits:**
+- Error normalization across different sources
+- Extract nested/wrapped errors
+- Add contextual information
+- Works with both exhaustive and non-exhaustive matching
+
 #### `.select(constructor, key, handler)`
 Extract and match on specific properties from error data directly.
 

roadmap.md

@@ -447,11 +447,11 @@ const error = deserialize(serialized, [NetworkError, ParseError]);
 - ✅ Async error matching - `matchErrorAsync`, `matchErrorOfAsync` with native async/await
 - ⚠️ Complex structure matching - DEFERRED (low priority, high complexity)
 
-### Phase 3: Advanced Features (v0.3.0) - 🔄 IN PROGRESS
+### Phase 3: Advanced Features (v0.3.0) - ✅ COMPLETED
 - ✅ Error serialization - `serialize`, `deserialize`, `toJSON`, `fromJSON` utilities
-- 📅 Error context propagation - Automatic context tracking through error chains
-- 📅 Error transformation - `map()` to transform errors before matching
-- 📅 Performance optimizations - Cache instanceof checks, lazy evaluation
+- ✅ Error transformation - `map()` to transform errors before matching
+- ✅ Performance optimizations - Tag-based lookup tables for O(1) matching
+- ⚠️ Error context propagation - DEFERRED (complex, requires more design work)
 
 ### Phase 4: Ecosystem (v1.0.0)
 - 📅 Plugin system - Allow extensions via plugins

src/match/base.ts

@@ -10,12 +10,21 @@ interface AsyncCaseRunner<R> { test: (e: unknown) => boolean; run: (e: any) => P
 /** Core builder for matchers */
 export function baseMatcher<R = any>() {
   const cases: CaseRunner<R>[] = [];
+  // Optimization: lookup table for tag-based matching
+  const tagHandlers: Map<string, (e: any) => R> = new Map();
+  let hasTagHandlers = false;
 
   function withGuard<T>(guard: Guard<T>, handler: (e: T) => R) {
     cases.push({ test: guard as any, run: handler as any });
     return api;
   }
   function withCtor<T extends Error>(ctor: ErrorCtor<T>, handler: (e: T) => R) {
+    // Optimization: if the constructor has a static tag/name, use tag-based lookup
+    const tag = (ctor as any).prototype?.tag;
+    if (tag && typeof tag === 'string') {
+      tagHandlers.set(tag, handler as any);
+      hasTagHandlers = true;
+    }
     cases.push({ test: (e) => e instanceof ctor, run: handler as any });
     return api;
   }
@@ -53,10 +62,22 @@ export function baseMatcher<R = any>() {
     return api;
   }
   function otherwise(e: unknown, fallback: (e: unknown) => R): R {
+    // Fast path: try tag-based lookup first
+    if (hasTagHandlers && typeof e === 'object' && e !== null && 'tag' in e) {
+      const handler = tagHandlers.get((e as any).tag);
+      if (handler) return handler(e);
+    }
+    // Fallback: iterate through cases
     for (const c of cases) if (c.test(e)) return c.run(e);
     return fallback(e);
   }
   function runExhaustive(e: unknown): R {
+    // Fast path: try tag-based lookup first
+    if (hasTagHandlers && typeof e === 'object' && e !== null && 'tag' in e) {
+      const handler = tagHandlers.get((e as any).tag);
+      if (handler) return handler(e);
+    }
+    // Fallback: iterate through cases
     for (const c of cases) if (c.test(e)) return c.run(e);
     throw new Error('Non-exhaustive matchErrorOf');
   }
@@ -80,12 +101,21 @@ export function baseMatcher<R = any>() {
 /** Core builder for async matchers */
 export function baseAsyncMatcher<R = any>() {
   const cases: AsyncCaseRunner<R>[] = [];
+  // Optimization: lookup table for tag-based matching
+  const tagHandlers: Map<string, (e: any) => Promise<R>> = new Map();
+  let hasTagHandlers = false;
 
   function withGuard<T>(guard: Guard<T>, handler: (e: T) => Promise<R>) {
     cases.push({ test: guard as any, run: handler as any });
     return api;
   }
   function withCtor<T extends Error>(ctor: ErrorCtor<T>, handler: (e: T) => Promise<R>) {
+    // Optimization: if the constructor has a static tag/name, use tag-based lookup
+    const tag = (ctor as any).prototype?.tag;
+    if (tag && typeof tag === 'string') {
+      tagHandlers.set(tag, handler as any);
+      hasTagHandlers = true;
+    }
     cases.push({ test: (e) => e instanceof ctor, run: handler as any });
     return api;
   }
@@ -123,10 +153,22 @@ export function baseAsyncMatcher<R = any>() {
     return api;
   }
   async function otherwise(e: unknown, fallback: (e: unknown) => Promise<R>): Promise<R> {
+    // Fast path: try tag-based lookup first
+    if (hasTagHandlers && typeof e === 'object' && e !== null && 'tag' in e) {
+      const handler = tagHandlers.get((e as any).tag);
+      if (handler) return handler(e);
+    }
+    // Fallback: iterate through cases
     for (const c of cases) if (c.test(e)) return c.run(e);
     return fallback(e);
   }
   async function runExhaustive(e: unknown): Promise<R> {
+    // Fast path: try tag-based lookup first
+    if (hasTagHandlers && typeof e === 'object' && e !== null && 'tag' in e) {
+      const handler = tagHandlers.get((e as any).tag);
+      if (handler) return handler(e);
+    }
+    // Fallback: iterate through cases
     for (const c of cases) if (c.test(e)) return c.run(e);
     throw new Error('Non-exhaustive matchErrorOf');
   }

src/match/public.ts

@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ import { baseMatcher, baseAsyncMatcher } from './base';
  */
 export function matchError(e: unknown) {
   const m = baseMatcher();
+  let transformedError = e;
 
   function createChain() {
     return {
+      map(transform: (e: unknown) => unknown) {
+        transformedError = transform(transformedError);
+        return createChain();
+      },
       with<T>(ctorOrGuard: ErrorCtor<any> | Guard<any>, handler: (e: HandlerInput<T>) => any) {
         m.with(ctorOrGuard, handler);
         return createChain();
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ export function matchError(e: unknown) {
         return createChain();
       },
       otherwise<R>(handler: (e: unknown) => R) {
-        return m._otherwise(e, handler);
+        return m._otherwise(transformedError, handler);
       },
     };
   }
@@ -112,6 +117,14 @@ export type SelectValue<T, K extends string> = ErrorData<T> extends Record<K, in
  * @template Left - The remaining unhandled error types
  */
 export interface Matcher<Left> {
+  /**
+   * Transforms the error before matching.
+   *
+   * @param transform - Function to transform the error
+   * @returns The same matcher with the transformed error
+   */
+  map(transform: (e: unknown) => unknown): any;
+
   /**
    * Matches an error using a constructor or guard function.
    *
@@ -213,8 +226,14 @@ export type Next<Left, T> = Exclude<Left, HandlerInput<T>>;
  */
 export function matchErrorOf<All>(e: unknown): Matcher<All> {
   const m = baseMatcher<any>();
+  let transformedError = e;
+
   function api<L>(): Matcher<L> {
     return {
+      map(transform: (e: unknown) => unknown) {
+        transformedError = transform(transformedError);
+        return api<L>();
+      },
       with<T>(ctorOrGuard: any, handler: any) {
         m.with(ctorOrGuard, handler);
         return api<Next<L, T>>();
@@ -243,10 +262,10 @@ export function matchErrorOf<All>(e: unknown): Matcher<All> {
         return api<L>();
       },
       exhaustive(this: Matcher<never>) {
-        return m._exhaustive(e);
+        return m._exhaustive(transformedError);
       },
       otherwise<R>(handler: (e: unknown) => R) {
-        return m._otherwise(e, handler);
+        return m._otherwise(transformedError, handler);
       },
     };
   }
@@ -278,9 +297,14 @@ export function matchErrorOf<All>(e: unknown): Matcher<All> {
  */
 export function matchErrorAsync(e: unknown) {
   const m = baseAsyncMatcher();
+  let transformedError = e;
 
   function createChain() {
     return {
+      map(transform: (e: unknown) => unknown) {
+        transformedError = transform(transformedError);
+        return createChain();
+      },
       with<T>(ctorOrGuard: ErrorCtor<any> | Guard<any>, handler: (e: HandlerInput<T>) => Promise<any>) {
         m.with(ctorOrGuard, handler);
         return createChain();
@@ -306,7 +330,7 @@ export function matchErrorAsync(e: unknown) {
         return createChain();
       },
       otherwise<R>(handler: (e: unknown) => Promise<R>) {
-        return m._otherwise(e, handler);
+        return m._otherwise(transformedError, handler);
       },
     };
   }
@@ -345,8 +369,14 @@ export function matchErrorAsync(e: unknown) {
  */
 export function matchErrorOfAsync<All>(e: unknown): AsyncMatcher<All> {
   const m = baseAsyncMatcher<any>();
+  let transformedError = e;
+
   function api<L>(): AsyncMatcher<L> {
     return {
+      map(transform: (e: unknown) => unknown) {
+        transformedError = transform(transformedError);
+        return api<L>();
+      },
       with<T>(ctorOrGuard: any, handler: any) {
         m.with(ctorOrGuard, handler);
         return api<Next<L, T>>();
@@ -373,10 +403,10 @@ export function matchErrorOfAsync<All>(e: unknown): AsyncMatcher<All> {
         return api<L>();
       },
       exhaustive(this: AsyncMatcher<never>) {
-        return m._exhaustive(e);
+        return m._exhaustive(transformedError);
       },
       otherwise<R>(handler: (e: unknown) => Promise<R>) {
-        return m._otherwise(e, handler);
+        return m._otherwise(transformedError, handler);
       },
     };
   }
@@ -389,6 +419,7 @@ export function matchErrorOfAsync<All>(e: unknown): AsyncMatcher<All> {
  * @template Left - The remaining unhandled error types
  */
 export interface AsyncMatcher<Left> {
+  map(transform: (e: unknown) => unknown): any;
   with<T>(ctorOrGuard: ErrorCtor<any> | Guard<any>, handler: (e: HandlerInput<T>) => Promise<any>): any;
   withAny<T extends Error>(ctors: ErrorCtor<T>[], handler: (e: T) => Promise<any>): any;
   withNot<T extends Error>(ctors: ErrorCtor<T> | ErrorCtor<T>[], handler: (e: any) => Promise<any>): any;

test/index.test.ts

@@ -543,6 +543,85 @@ describe('toJSON and fromJSON', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('map', () => {
+  it('transforms error before matching', () => {
+    const error = new Net('error', { status: 500, url: '/api' });
+
+    const result = matchError(error)
+      .map((e) => {
+        if (e instanceof Net) {
+          return new Net(e.message, { ...e.data, status: e.data.status + 1 });
+        }
+        return e;
+      })
+      .with(Net, (e) => `Status: ${e.data.status}`)
+      .otherwise(() => 'Other');
+
+    expect(result).toBe('Status: 501');
+  });
+
+  it('can chain multiple transformations', () => {
+    const error = new Net('error', { status: 100, url: '/api' });
+
+    const result = matchError(error)
+      .map((e) => e instanceof Net ? new Net(e.message, { ...e.data, status: e.data.status * 2 }) : e)
+      .map((e) => e instanceof Net ? new Net(e.message, { ...e.data, status: e.data.status + 50 }) : e)
+      .with(Net, (e) => e.data.status)
+      .otherwise(() => 0);
+
+    expect(result).toBe(250); // (100 * 2) + 50
+  });
+
+  it('works with exhaustive matching', () => {
+    const error = new Parse('error', { at: 'line 1' });
+
+    const result = matchErrorOf<Err>(error)
+      .map((e) => {
+        if (e instanceof Parse) {
+          return new Parse(e.message + ' (transformed)', { at: e.data.at + ':modified' });
+        }
+        return e;
+      })
+      .with(Net, () => 'network')
+      .with(Auth, () => 'auth')
+      .with(Parse, (e) => `${e.message} at ${e.data.at}`)
+      .exhaustive();
+
+    expect(result).toBe('error (transformed) at line 1:modified');
+  });
+
+  it('works with async matchers', async () => {
+    const error = new Net('error', { status: 404, url: '/api' });
+
+    const result = await matchErrorAsync(error)
+      .map((e) => e instanceof Net ? new Net('transformed', { ...e.data, status: 500 }) : e)
+      .with(Net, async (e) => {
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+        return `Async status: ${e.data.status}`;
+      })
+      .otherwise(async () => 'Other');
+
+    expect(result).toBe('Async status: 500');
+  });
+
+  it('transformation applies before all matchers', () => {
+    const error = new Auth('error', { reason: 'expired' });
+    let transformCalled = false;
+
+    const result = matchError(error)
+      .map((e) => {
+        transformCalled = true;
+        return e;
+      })
+      .with(Net, () => 'network')
+      .with(Auth, () => 'auth')
+      .otherwise(() => 'other');
+
+    expect(transformCalled).toBe(true);
+    expect(result).toBe('auth');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('wrap', () => {
   it('captures errors', async () => {
     const f = wrap(async () => { throw new Net('x', { status: 500, url: '/x' }); });