> From a developer consistency perspective, though, Iām not as sold on this.
I tend to agree, this feels like nice parameter sugar but makes it harder to interface consistently with extended options. Maybe it makes more sense for an application-level helper? On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:14:59 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Every time I forget to add the `label: ` and get a compile error (which is > *often*), I agree with you. From a developer consistency perspective, > though, Iām not as sold on this. With this convenience, people may forget > to switch back to the keyword list when they need to add other options like > :limit, and try `IO.inspect(something, "Message", limit: 300)`. > > -a > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:56 PM Faisal Alghurayri <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yes. š >> >> I'm proposing: >> >> def inspect(item, message) when is_binary(message) do >> inspect(:stdio, item, label: message) >> end >> >> >> https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.11.4/lib/elixir/lib/io.ex#L421 >> >> The reason is just a small quality of life improvement. š Please let me >> know what you think! >> >> - Faisal >> >> On Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 11:42:53 PM UTC-4 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> There's already a label option in the docs: >>> >>> IO.inspect(1..100, label: "a wonderful range") >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:35 AM Faisal Alghurayri <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello friends, >>>> >>>> Thank you for your great work in developing and maintaining Elixir. š >>>> >>>> I propose adding another signature to the IO.inspect/2 function where >>>> the second argument is a binary: >>>> >>>> IO.inspect(something, "This message should get shown in console") >>>> >>>> I think this is a small quality of life improvement since the developer >>>> won't need to explicitly pass the `label` option to see an associated >>>> message. >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> Faisal >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/64793786-deea-4902-b450-39f53896c945n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/64793786-deea-4902-b450-39f53896c945n%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 [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/06452689-f476-456a-afeb-9a7fc58752abn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/06452689-f476-456a-afeb-9a7fc58752abn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Austin Ziegler ā¢ [email protected] ā¢ [email protected] > http://www.halostatue.ca/ ā¢ http://twitter.com/halostatue > -- 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/49aba501-ef0c-495f-b355-3a277fe8e20dn%40googlegroups.com.
