I don't know what would be the cost of it during compilation time or how difficult would be to implement it, but at first sight I think it could be a nice idea to allow defining functions inside other function bodies. Just like in Scala (https://www.scala-lang.org/old/node/116.html), nested functions would be in scope only for parent functions.
I think it would improve readability to be able to encapsulate those "def do_work" functions within its related "def work" function. Maybe, to avoid crazy things, we could limit the allowed nesting deep to just 2. -- 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/5c89cded-89a6-4ea5-befd-039d391c879b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
