Sorry, meant to say “in being able to say only import this *function*”, not story :)
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:42 PM Zach Daniel <zachary.s.dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are theoretical name conflicts from not being able to say “only > import this story” (e.g if you have a function with the same name but one > less argument) what about import Mod, only: [func: 1..3]? > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:36 PM thojan...@gmail.com < > thojansse...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Say function `foo` has multiple default values (two required args, two >> with defaults). When importing, we must specify each arity that is used in >> the calling code, e.g. >> >> ``` >> import Foo, only: [foo: 2, foo: 3, foo: 4] >> >> foo(1, 2) >> foo(1, 2, 3) >> foo(1, 2, 3, 4) >> ``` >> >> I expected that I could only import `foo/4`, and be able to call `foo` >> with only two arguments and three arguments. Why? Because there is no use >> case to force an imported function to be used only with a specific arity. >> That would even be a code smell. >> >> Could we "generate" [foo: 2, foo: 3]` in addition to `[foo: 4]` to >> support the call using its default values? >> >> >> -- >> 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 elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/28497895-3278-4de0-8423-99f9b9230597n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/28497895-3278-4de0-8423-99f9b9230597n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAK-yb0B_Zi4m9sZfmGs_Lw51HOhiWz6KirDrZj1MGgM9s_Hh%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
