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+Require Import Crypto.Util.Notations.
+
+Inductive ErrorT {ErrT T} :=
+| Success (v : T)
+| Error (msg : ErrT).
+
+Global Arguments ErrorT : clear implicits.
+Delimit Scope error_scope with error.
+Bind Scope error_scope with ErrorT.
+
+Definition invert_result {ErrT T} (v : ErrorT ErrT T)
+  := match v return match v with Success _ => T | _ => ErrT end with
+     | Success v => v
+     | Error msg => msg
+     end.
+
+Definition bind {A B ErrT} (x : ErrorT ErrT A) (k : A -> ErrorT ErrT B) : ErrorT ErrT B
+  := match x with
+     | Success v => k v
+     | Error msg => Error msg
+     end.
+
+Notation "x <- y ; f" := (bind y (fun x => f%error)) : error_scope.