Re: [elixir-core:8291] [Proposal] Add tags to Elixir core functions

2018-09-14 Thread Alexander Marks-Katz
> I feel some kind of list in the getting started section might be more helpful, for newcomers to find them (like https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/alias-require-and-import.html) I think this is a good idea: to add a page after 8. Modules and functions

Re: [elixir-core:8290] [Proposal] Add tags to Elixir core functions

2018-09-14 Thread Alexander Marks-Katz
Okay: https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc/pull/879#issuecomment-411102276 So tags is its own thing. I guess I'll take a look at how `:since` works & see what I can do for a searchable `:category` *tag*. English3000.org: *A data-driven approach to language learning.* On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at

Re: [elixir-core:8287] [Proposal] Add tags to Elixir core functions

2018-09-14 Thread Alexander Marks-Katz
alphabetical ordering. Other projects are free > to adopt though if they feel it will be an improvement. > > > > *José Valim* > www.plataformatec.com.br > Skype: jv.ptec > Founder and Director of R > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:38 PM, Alexander Marks-Katz

Re: [elixir-core:8281] [Proposal] Add tags to Elixir core functions

2018-09-14 Thread Alexander Marks-Katz
Also, this isn't a debate. The mechanism has already been implemented: https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc/issues/876 English3000.org: *A data-driven approach to language learning.* On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 9:52 AM Alexander Marks-Katz < english3000@gmail.com> wrote: > No. Data

Re: [elixir-core:8280] [Proposal] Add tags to Elixir core functions

2018-09-14 Thread Alexander Marks-Katz
No. Data structure-based modules *already* exist. I'm referring to `Conversions`, `Data`, `Operations`, etc. as tags. To help you understand, I'm talking about differences between functions like how words have different parts of speech. I'm not talking about the difference between numbers and