Good call Ben! The formatter will rewrite it though, while it does keep parens.
*José Valimwww.plataformatec.com.br <http://www.plataformatec.com.br/>Founder and Director of R&D* On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Ben Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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* >>> >> -- > 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/a644c670-f090-4eaf-a0df- > fa47333519b8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/a644c670-f090-4eaf-a0df-fa47333519b8%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/CAGnRm4JXQ7Nya%3DNgT5TAaGm7GMJAQWqiJiRpzvNbtQH9Zu_6gg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
