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+# kotlin-result
+
+[`Result<V, E>`][Result] is a monad for modelling success ([`Ok`][Result.Ok]) or
+failure ([`Error`][Result.Error]) operations.
+
+## Inspiration
+
+Inspiration for this library has been drawn from other languages in which the
+Result monad is present, including:
+
+- [Elm](http://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm-lang/core/latest/Result)
+- [Haskell](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.10.0.0/docs/Data-Either.html)
+- [Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/)
+
+It also iterates on other Result libraries written in kotlin, namely:
+
+- [`kotlin-result`](https://github.com/danneu/kotlin-result)
+- [Result](https://github.com/kittinunf/Result)
+
+Improvements on the existing solutions include:
+
+- Relaxed constraints on nullable types (both the `value` and `error` can be
+    typed as nullable)
+- Relaxed constraints on the `error` type to not inherit from `Exception`
+- Top level `Ok` and `Error` classes avoids qualifying usages with
+    `Result.Ok`/`Result.Error` respectively
+- Higher-order functions marked with the `inline` keyword for reduced runtime
+    overhead
+- Extension functions on `Iterable` & `List` for folding, combining, partitioning
+- Consistent naming with existing Result libraries from other languages (e.g.
+    `map`, `mapError`, `mapBoth`, `mapEither`, `and`, `andThen`, `or`, `orElse`,
+    `unwrap`)
+- Extensive test suite with over 50 unit tests and every library method covered
+
+
+## Installation
+
+This project is available in the [Maven Central Repository][maven-central]
+repository. The artifacts are signed with my personal [GPG key][gpg].
+
+```groovy
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile 'com.mikebull94.kotlin-result:kotlin-result:1.0.0'
+}
+```
+
+[Result]: https://github.com/michaelbull/kotlin-result/blob/master/src/main/kotlin/com/mikebull94/result/Result.kt#L8
+[Result.Ok]: https://github.com/michaelbull/kotlin-result/blob/master/src/main/kotlin/com/mikebull94/result/Result.kt#L13
+[Result.Error]: https://github.com/michaelbull/kotlin-result/blob/master/src/main/kotlin/com/mikebull94/result/Result.kt#L29a
+[maven-central]: http://search.maven.org/
+[gpg]:https://www.michael-bull.com/gpg.asc
+
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 group=com.mikebull94.kotlin-result
-version=1.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 dokkaVersion=0.9.15
 hamkrestVersion=1.4.2.0