all.go

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package validate
 
-// All validates a value using a sequence of validation functions.
+// All validates a value against a sequence of validation functions,
-// If any validation function returns an error, the sequence stops and the error is returned.
+// stopping and returning the first error. See Collect to run every
+// function and report all failures at once.
 func All[T any](fs ...func(T) error) func(T) error {
 	return func(value T) error {
 		for _, f := range fs {

chars.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func Chars(allow string) func(string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// ExceptChars validates whether a string does not contain disallowed characters.
+// ExceptChars validates that a string contains none of the given characters.
 func ExceptChars(disallow string) func(string) error {
 	return func(value string) error {
 		for _, r := range disallow {

chars_test.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func ExampleChars() {
 }
 
 func ExampleExceptChars() {
-	testExceptChars := Chars("0123456789abcdef")
+	testExceptChars := ExceptChars("0123456789abcdef")
 	fmt.Println(testExceptChars("invalid input"))
 	// Output: contains disallowed characters
 }

error.go

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package validate
 
 import "fmt"
 
-// Validation error.
+// Err is the zero Error. It carries no message, so errors.Is(x, Err) is
-var (
+// true for any error produced by this package.
-	Err = Error{}
+var Err = Error{}
-)
 
 // Error represents a validation error.
 type Error struct {
@@ -13,8 +12,9 @@ type Error struct {
 	Data    []any
 }
 
-// Error retrieves the message of a validation Error.
+// Error returns the error message. If Data is non-empty, Message is used
-// If it has Data, the message will be formatted.
+// as an fmt.Sprintf format string and Data as its arguments (this is how
+// the sentinels with %d/%q verbs are filled in, e.g. via With).
 func (e Error) Error() string {
 	if len(e.Data) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Sprintf(e.Message, e.Data...)
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ func (e Error) Is(target error) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// With returns a copy of the Error with value appended to Data, so it
+// lands in the message when Message contains a formatting verb:
+//
+//	ErrMustBeLonger.With(4) // "must contain at least 4 characters"
 func (e Error) With(value any) Error {
 	if e.Data == nil {
 		e.Data = []any{}

in.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var (
 	ErrValueNotAllowed = NewError("not allowed")
 )
 
-// In validates whether a value is found in a slice of allowed values.
+// In validates that a value equals one of the allowed values.
 func In[T comparable](allow ...T) func(T) error {
 	return func(value T) error {
 		for _, cmp := range allow {
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ func In[T comparable](allow ...T) func(T) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// NotIn validates whether a value is not found in a slice of disallowed values.
+// NotIn validates that a value equals none of the disallowed values.
-func NotIn[T comparable](allow ...T) func(T) error {
+func NotIn[T comparable](disallow ...T) func(T) error {
 	return func(value T) error {
-		for _, cmp := range allow {
+		for _, cmp := range disallow {
 			if cmp == value {
 				return ErrValueNotAllowed
 			}

length.go

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ var (
 	ErrMustBeShorter = NewError("must contain no more than %d characters")
 )
 
-// MaxLength validates the length of a string as being less than or equal to a given maximum.
+// MaxLength validates that a string is no longer than a given maximum.
+// Length is measured in bytes (len), not runes.
 func MaxLength(l int) func(string) error {
 	return func(value string) error {
 		if len(value) > l {
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ func MaxLength(l int) func(string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// MinLength validates the length of a string as being greater than or equal to a given minimum.
+// MinLength validates that a string is at least a given minimum length.
+// Length is measured in bytes (len), not runes.
 func MinLength(l int) func(string) error {
 	return func(value string) error {
 		if len(value) < l {

number.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // Max validates whether an integer is less than or equal to a given maximum.
-// If exclusive is true, an equal value will also produce an error.
+// If exclusive is true, an equal value also produces an error.
 func Max(n int, exclusive bool) func(int) error {
 	return func(value int) error {
 		if exclusive {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func Max(n int, exclusive bool) func(int) error {
 }
 
 // MaxFloat32 validates whether a float32 is less than or equal to a given maximum.
-// If exclusive is true, an equal value will also produce an error.
+// If exclusive is true, an equal value also produces an error.
 func MaxFloat32(n float32, exclusive bool) func(float32) error {
 	return func(value float32) error {
 		if exclusive {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func MaxFloat32(n float32, exclusive bool) func(float32) error {
 }
 
 // MaxFloat64 validates whether a float64 is less than or equal to a given maximum.
-// If exclusive is true, an equal value will also produce an error.
+// If exclusive is true, an equal value also produces an error.
 func MaxFloat64(n float64, exclusive bool) func(float64) error {
 	return func(value float64) error {
 		if exclusive {
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ func MaxFloat64(n float64, exclusive bool) func(float64) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// Min validates whether an integer is less than or equal to a given maximum.
+// Min validates whether an integer is greater than or equal to a given minimum.
-// If exclusive is true, an equal value will also produce an error.
+// If exclusive is true, an equal value also produces an error.
 func Min(n int, exclusive bool) func(int) error {
 	return func(value int) error {
 		if exclusive {
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func Min(n int, exclusive bool) func(int) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// MinFloat32 validates whether a float32 is less than or equal to a given maximum.
+// MinFloat32 validates whether a float32 is greater than or equal to a given minimum.
-// If exclusive is true, an equal value will also produce an error.
+// If exclusive is true, an equal value also produces an error.
 func MinFloat32(n float32, exclusive bool) func(float32) error {
 	return func(value float32) error {
 		if exclusive {
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ func MinFloat32(n float32, exclusive bool) func(float32) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// MinFloat64 validates whether a float64 is less than or equal to a given maximum.
+// MinFloat64 validates whether a float64 is greater than or equal to a given minimum.
-// If exclusive is true, an equal value will also produce an error.
+// If exclusive is true, an equal value also produces an error.
 func MinFloat64(n float64, exclusive bool) func(float64) error {
 	return func(value float64) error {
 		if exclusive {

url.go

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidURL Error = NewError("invalid URL")
 )
 
-// URL validates a URL.
+// URL validates that a string is an absolute URL (with a scheme) or an
+// absolute path, per net/url.ParseRequestURI. "example.com" with no
+// scheme is rejected.
 func URL(value string) error {
 	if _, err := url.ParseRequestURI(value); err != nil {
 		return ErrInvalidURL

uuid.go

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ var (
 
 var uuidRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-f0-9]{8}(-[a-f0-9]{4}){3}-[a-f0-9]{12}$")
 
-// UUID validates a UUID string.
+// UUID validates a UUID string in the canonical 8-4-4-4-12 hyphenated
-// The UUID must be formatted with separators.
+// form. Only lowercase hexadecimal is accepted; the version and variant
+// bits are not checked.
 func UUID(value string) error {
 	if !uuidRegexp.MatchString(value) {
 		return ErrInvalidUUID