is_nil/1 is harder to justify for me and I get that it could be implemented as "== nil". As for is_odd/1 and is_even/1, have a look at they implementation. They are implemented in a faster but more obscure way than the simple "rem() == 0" or "rem() == 1".
Andrea Leopardi [email protected] On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Isaac Whitfield <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious what you feel about is_odd/1, is_even/1 and is_nil/1? > > On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 7:20:35 AM UTC-8, Tallak Tveide wrote: >> >> >> >>> Sure, but saying "we'll never fix them all, so why even try?" is not a >>> good argument. Saying that the solution is unit tests is true for every >>> behaviour; moreover people who don't know this semantic wouldn't test for >>> it. >>> >>> >>> >> I'm arguing that I feel this direction is not what I would expect of >> Elixir, being a dynamically typed language. I would not trade "bloating the >> Kernel module" (sorry for not finding a nicer wording, I don't mean to be >> harsh) for this functionality. >> > -- > 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/09ce8113-eb6f-41cd-aa06- > 9885c79098e4%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/09ce8113-eb6f-41cd-aa06-9885c79098e4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > 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/CAM9Rf%2BJmDDSS3pnMkiPOthE7p6JT%3Dsq4Z__frjzQzH5KOpV8yw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
