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feature: Add a chainP, andThen or similar to simplify work with promises/async await #20

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@hrajchert

Probably something in these lines:

type ChainPFn <A, B> = (a: A) => Promise<B>;

const chainP = <A, B, E = UnknownError>(fn: ChainPFn<A, B>, handler?: (err: unknown) => E) =>
    chain(
         // TODO: need to wrap fn inside a try catch
        (a: A) => Task.fromPromise(fn(a))
            .catch(err => {
                if (handler) {
                    return Task.reject(handler(err));
                } else {
                    return Task.reject(new UnknownError(err) as any as E);
                }
            })
    )
;

This can allow something like

async function foo (n: number) {
    if (n === 1) {
        throw 'Buu';
    }
    return n;
}
// If the function fails then the error is wrapped in UnknownError
Task.resolve(1).pipe(
    chainP(val => foo(val))
); // Task<number, UnknownError>

// If you provide a handler you can control the type of error
Task.resolve(1).pipe(
    chainP(val => foo(val), err => err as string)
); // Task<number, UnknownError | string>

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