Two things: 1. The `List` module already has a `List.first/1`. 2. Not all enumerables have a concept of ordering, like a map, so I'm not sure an Enum version of such a thing makes conceptual sense?
On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 10:33:11 AM UTC-6, Sam Davies wrote: > > When working with collections it's often convenient to grab the first > element that comes to hand. I find myself writing this a lot: > > `Enum.take(collection, 1)` or `Enum.at(collection, 0)` > > How about a function `Enum.take/1` which takes only the collection and > returns the "first" value (I avoid naming it `Enum.first/1` since some > collections may not have any concept of ordering). > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/69a0953e-07b3-4cc6-8cc0-bee718337ea5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
