Here's a use case... I have several "catalog" entries, each with a min & max. I'd like to determine the union of these entries. Converting them to Ranges and then getting the union of those would be an intuitive way.
On Monday, February 15, 2016 at 2:50:12 AM UTC-7, José Valim wrote: > > I am OK with adding more functions to Range but I would like to hear use > cases. Come with a problem where you need those functions and start a > discussion. Adding functions for the sake of the function itself is just > adding complexity to the stdlib. > > > > *José Valim* > www.plataformatec.com.br > Skype: jv.ptec > Founder and Director of R&D > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 6:23 AM, eksperimental <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have created a set of functions for the range module. >> Initially, I based my work in functions written by "jdl" >> >> https://github.com/mykewould/crutches/blob/ddf5535d66601f9630bee1807ef38cb57f52b9b4/lib/crutches/range.ex >> >> You can have a look at the module and tests: >> https://github.com/eksperimental/elixir/blob/range/lib/elixir/lib/range.ex >> >> https://github.com/eksperimental/elixir/blob/range/lib/elixir/test/elixir/range_test.exs >> >> New functions are: congruent?/2, disjoint?2, contiguous?/2, >> intersection/2, member?/2, overlaps?/2, reverse/1, size/1, sort/2, >> subset?/2, to_list/2, union/2 >> >> Some functions have been taken from MapSet, and other apply exclusively >> to Range. >> >> Please let me know what you think of this. >> >> And if there is an interest in adding this Elixir, I will have to >> contact the author of the initial functions for release permission. >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/20160215122339.1baa83e6.eksperimental%40autistici.org >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/3ee8fd42-cc3c-45bb-8415-77582cefe29b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
