This is achievable with `\` btw:
with \
%{x: x} <- y
do
x
end
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 7:39:07 AM UTC-5, Po Chen wrote:
>
> Ah I thought `with` was part of the language, then I realized how small
> the language core is.
> Now I wish the language is actually a little bigger :S mixed feelings.
>
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> On Tuesday, 30 January 2018 23:20:49 UTC+11, José Valim wrote:
>>
>> Imagine you have this code:
>>
>> foo = 1
>> bar = 2
>> foo bar do
>> :ok
>> end
>>
>> Would you expect it to be equivalent to:
>>
>> foo = 1
>> bar = 2
>> foo
>> bar do
>> :ok
>> end
>>
>> It isn’t because “foo” in its own line is a valid expression. Replace
>> “foo” by “with” and you can see why your proposed syntax doesn’t work.
>>
>> If you want to write it as you proposed, you need to use parens:
>>
>> foo = 1
>> bar = 2
>> foo(
>> bar
>> ) do
>> :ok
>> end
>> --
>>
>>
>> *José Valimwww.plataformatec.com.br
>> <http://www.plataformatec.com.br/>Founder and Director of R&D*
>>
>
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