Scala: how to understand the flatMap method of Try?

Question

The flatMap method of the Success is implemented like this:

  def flatMap[U](f: T => Try[U]): Try[U] =
    try f(value)
    catch {
      case NonFatal(e) =&g         


        

Answer 1

I found Dan Spiewak's "Monads Are Not Metaphors" very helpful in getting my head around monads. For folks starting from Scala (like me) it's far easier to grasp than anything else I've found - including Odersky's writings. In reading it, note that 'bind'=='flatMap'.