Hmm, union types are JSON-serializable elsewhere (e.g. JSON.NET, although 
they are uuuugly in JSON), so just something that eventually needs doing I 
suppose.

What conversion method did you have in mind that's not hard?

On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 1:59:43 PM UTC-5, OvermindDL1 wrote:
>
> I entirely missed that.  ^.^
>
> Hmm, is interesting.  Flags take Json'able types so those would not be 
> passable there, would need to convert first, but not hard.
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 12:53:36 PM UTC-6, Kasey Speakman wrote:
>>
>> I did that if you look at link to marcosh's github I posted above.
>>
>> On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 1:50:12 PM UTC-5, OvermindDL1 wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmm, I'd be curious if you could whip up a full compileable example, say 
>>> a Multi-Counter project example we could paste into elm-try.  Perhaps mark 
>>> things that are boilerplate and could be hoisted out to a parent library 
>>> too so we can ignore those?  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 12:15:20 PM UTC-6, Kasey Speakman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Skimming through the code, it looks like batch commands will happen in 
>>>> order. The mentioned `mailbox.push` was from the Elm source code.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I fleshed out an example with both a clean separation and using 
>>>> event sourcing. I posted it with some commentary on marcosh's github 
>>>> <https://github.com/marcosh/marcosh.github.io/issues/1>.
>>>>
>>>> I like the terminology in this example much better than my previous 
>>>> examples, especially because `Action` was a previous concept in Elm.
>>>>
>>>> type Act = Increment | Decrement
>>>>
>>>> type Fact = Incremented Int | Decremented Int
>>>>
>>>> type Msg = Perform Act | Apply Fact
>>>>
>>>> perform : Act -> Model -> Cmd Msg
>>>>
>>>> apply : Fact -> Model -> Model
>>>>
>>>> update : Msg -> Model -> (Model, Cmd Msg)
>>>> update msg model =
>>>>   case msg of
>>>>     Perform act ->
>>>>       (model, perform act model)
>>>>
>>>>     Apply fact ->
>>>>       (apply fact model, Cmd.none)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Facts here are also idempotent 
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idempotence> (no dependency on previous 
>>>> values). That's not as important in this example, but can as its extended.
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 9:15:23 AM UTC-5, OvermindDL1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Will your pushed command appear after or before a potentially pushed 
>>>>> 'other' command, say from an incoming port, or button click?  That is the 
>>>>> part I am not sure about yet (not read enough Elm internals 'quite' yet).
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 6:31:06 PM UTC-6, Kasey Speakman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Checked the current implementation of Cmd.batch and it appears 
>>>>>> sequential (`mailbox.push`). Ordering guarantees are not documented so I 
>>>>>> suppose they shouldn't be depended on. But otherwise, the one I coded 
>>>>>> above 
>>>>>> that guarantees Act doesn't change the model and Evt doesn't have 
>>>>>> effects 
>>>>>> would work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 6:33:39 PM UTC-5, Kasey Speakman 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, that's why I said back to square one if Cmd.batch isn't 
>>>>>>> ordered. The only thing this is guaranteeing (and the only intended 
>>>>>>> guarantee) is that the messages which only update the model are 
>>>>>>> separated 
>>>>>>> from the ones which cause effects. The ones which cause effects produce 
>>>>>>> ones which update the model, same as always.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It occurs to me that some of the benefit of event sourcing the UI 
>>>>>>> could be gained by adding features to the TTD, since it has the magic 
>>>>>>> which 
>>>>>>> ignores Cmds on replay. Some are already listed as ideas at 
>>>>>>> http://debug.elm-lang.org/. I'd still have to keep the messages in 
>>>>>>> my model and provide a way for the user to transmit them in a bug 
>>>>>>> report. 
>>>>>>> But if I could load them in the TTD, that would make repro a snap.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 5:22:05 PM UTC-5, OvermindDL1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Isn't `doSideEffects` basically just the current `update` function 
>>>>>>>> though?  Except it is returning a list of changes (via message) to 
>>>>>>>> perform 
>>>>>>>> to a model instead of doing it in-place?  What is this saving 
>>>>>>>> precisely?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 4:05:57 PM UTC-6, Kasey Speakman 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Actually, I'd probably use a List instead of Maybe on the 
>>>>>>>>> immediately returned event(s).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> doSideEffects : Act -> Model -> (List Evt, Cmd Evt)
>>>>>>>>> doSideEffects act model = 
>>>>>>>>>   case act of
>>>>>>>>>     UpdateCustomer customer ->
>>>>>>>>>       ( [ CustomerUpdateRequested ]
>>>>>>>>>       , callServerWithCustomer customer
>>>>>>>>>       )
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> updateModel : Evt -> Model -> Model
>>>>>>>>>     ... -- implementation as previous
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> update : Msg -> Model -> (Model, Cmd Msg)
>>>>>>>>> update msg model =
>>>>>>>>>   case msg of
>>>>>>>>>     Action act ->
>>>>>>>>>       let
>>>>>>>>>         (events, command) = doSideEffects act model
>>>>>>>>>       in
>>>>>>>>>         (List.foldr updateModel model events, Cmd.map Evt command)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     Event evt ->
>>>>>>>>>       (updateModel evt model, Cmd.none)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 4:26:03 PM UTC-5, Kasey Speakman 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, that was the goal. That way the UI state is utterly 
>>>>>>>>>> deterministic / reproducible in isolation of all outside services.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That's a good point on the race conditions. I only use Cmd.batch 
>>>>>>>>>> because it's the facility that came to mind. (I'm still getting 
>>>>>>>>>> acquainted 
>>>>>>>>>> with Elm.) I don't know if Cmd.batch makes any ordering guarantee.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If not we'd be more or less back to square one. Abuse `update` to 
>>>>>>>>>> do both things.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> doSideEffects: Act -> Model -> (Maybe Evt, Cmd Evt)
>>>>>>>>>> doSideEffects act model =
>>>>>>>>>>   case act of
>>>>>>>>>>     UpdateCustomer customer ->
>>>>>>>>>>       (Just CustomerUpdateRequested, callServerWithCustomer 
>>>>>>>>>> customer)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> updateModel: Evt -> Model -> Model
>>>>>>>>>> ... -- implementation as previous
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> maybeUpdateModel:  Maybe Evt -> Model -> Model
>>>>>>>>>> maybeUpdateModel evtOpt model =
>>>>>>>>>>   case evtOpt of
>>>>>>>>>>     Nothing ->
>>>>>>>>>>       model
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     Just evt ->
>>>>>>>>>>       updateModel evt model
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> update : Msg -> Model -> (Model, Cmd Msg)
>>>>>>>>>> update msg model =
>>>>>>>>>>   case msg of
>>>>>>>>>>     Action act ->
>>>>>>>>>>       let
>>>>>>>>>>         (eventNow, command) = doSideEffects act model
>>>>>>>>>>       in
>>>>>>>>>>         (maybeUpdateModel eventNow model, Cmd.map Evt command)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     Event evt ->
>>>>>>>>>>       (updateModel evt model, Cmd.none)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So this should apply an event immediately if one is needed for 
>>>>>>>>>> the action. But it still keeps the model updating events separate.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> These immediate events would be seen by a userland event-store 
>>>>>>>>>> implementation (which is underneath updateModel), but I bet the TTD 
>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't see it since it doesn't come from Elm.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 3:43:36 PM UTC-5, OvermindDL1 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So you really are wanting to hard device events into two 
>>>>>>>>>>> different ones, those that can *only* alter the model, and those 
>>>>>>>>>>> that can 
>>>>>>>>>>> *only* send commands (which may call ones that alter the model).  
>>>>>>>>>>> Unsure if 
>>>>>>>>>>> it might actually happen but might have to take into account 
>>>>>>>>>>> possible race 
>>>>>>>>>>> conditions for if other messages appear before your other expected 
>>>>>>>>>>> ones are 
>>>>>>>>>>> processed through?  Easier to do that atomically all at once?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 2:25:22 PM UTC-6, Kasey Speakman 
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> doSideEffects above would also have to map Cmd Evt to Cmd Msg.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>

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