The partial application was just the example of choice. It can be any anonymous function as argument.
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 16:39 Bruce Tate <[email protected]> wrote: > It's interesting to me. You have two things happening there: > > - partial application > - the anonymous function invocation syntax. > > Which one are you solving here? > > -bt > > -bt > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:28 AM José Valim <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> With the addition of Function.identity/1, I would like to propose another >> function to the Function module: pipe_to/2. >> >> The idea is that instead of: >> >> "foo >> |> String.upcase() >> |> (&Regex.scan(~r/foo/, &1)).() >> >> One can do: >> >> "foo >> |> String.upcase() >> |> Function.pipe_to(&Regex.scan(~r/foo/, &1)) >> >> Or if you import it before: >> >> "foo >> |> String.upcase() >> |> pipe_to(&Regex.scan(~r/foo/, &1)) >> >> While I wouldn't write the "pipe to anonymous" code, I have seen enough >> code in the wild that uses it that having a more readable (albeit more >> verbose) approach in the language sounds reasonable to me. The >> implementation can be inlined by the compiler to avoid the extra dispatch >> cost. >> >> What are your thoughts? If you "pipe to anonymous functions" in your code >> today, would you prefer to use the new function? Yes/no? Why? >> >> Thank you, >> >> *José Valim* >> www.plataformatec.com.br >> Skype: jv.ptec >> 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/CAGnRm4L-4zcvLOnOFSFdnmk0foBJcu94QjrAv9-_QDySN%2BN9bg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4L-4zcvLOnOFSFdnmk0foBJcu94QjrAv9-_QDySN%2BN9bg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . > > >> > > -- > > Regards, > Bruce Tate > CEO > > > <https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/f8218219-d2a8-4de4-9fef-1cdde6e723f6/c7c97460-016e-45fb-a4ab-0a70318c7b97> > > Groxio, LLC. > 512.799.9366 > [email protected] > grox.io > > -- > 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/CAFXvW-6pChjS%2BfTADa9_1sMow4A5S88azM_FDqKOcxDxNJXakg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAFXvW-6pChjS%2BfTADa9_1sMow4A5S88azM_FDqKOcxDxNJXakg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *José Valim* www.plataformatec.com.br Skype: jv.ptec 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/CAGnRm4L-Qx2tdNTaNiKkGve0%3Dx1J_7esSJKH68k3zzYURCHGeg%40mail.gmail.com.
