On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 11:58:52 AM UTC-3, Kelvin Raffael Stinghen 
wrote:
>
> I really liked the lib https://github.com/meyercm/shorter_maps. It makes 
> the maps creation and matching a lot more DRY.
>
> Some examples for those who don't want to open the repo:
>
> iex> import ShorterMaps...> name = "Chris"...> id = 6...> ~M{name, id}
> %{name: "Chris", id: 6}
> # It's ok to mix in other expressions:...> ~M{name, id: id + 200}
> %{name: "Chris", id: 206}
> # or even nest the sigil (note the change in delimiters to paren):...> 
> ~M{name, id, extra_copy: ~M(name, id)}
> %{name: "Chris", id: 6, extra_copy: %{name: "Chris", id: 6}}
> # We can use String keys:...> ~m{name, id}
> %{"name" => "Chris", "id" => 6}
> # And we can update existing maps:...> map_1 = %{name: "Bob", id: 9}...> 
> ~M{map_1|name}
> %{name: "Chris", id: 9}
> # Struct syntax is a little funky:...> defmodule MyStruct do...>   defstruct 
> [id: nil, name: :default]...> end...> ~M{%MyStruct id}
> %MyStruct{id: 6, name: :default}
> # Structs can be updated too:...> initial_struct = %MyStruct{name: "Chris", 
> id: :unknown}...> ~M{%MyStruct initial_struct|id}
> %MyStruct{name: "Chris", id: 6}
> # Because the expansion happens at compile time, they can be used 
> __anywhere__:
> # in function heads:...> defmodule MyModule do...>   def my_func(~M{name, 
> _id}), do: {:id_present, name}...>   def my_func(~M{name}), do: {:no_id, 
> name}...> end
> # in pattern matches:...> ~M{age, model} = %{age: -30, model: "Delorean", 
> manufacturer: "AMC"}...> age-30
>
>
> What do you think about incorporating it to the language? I would even 
> suggest to implement it without the use of sigils. Something like:
>
> ...> %{name, id}
> %{name: "Chris", id: 6}
>
> ...> %MyStruct{id}
> %MyStruct{id: 6, name: :default}
>
>
>
> What do you think?
>
>

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