You can save a few more keystrokes by just adding a label to the inspect
payload:
IO.inspect(my_var: foo)
I end up inspecting a map pretty often, when I want to see multiple values
at once
IO.inspect(%{foo: foo, bar: bar})
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 7:24 AM Leandro Cesquini Pereira <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Using an atom instead of a string will save you some time: IO.inspect(foo,
> label: :my_var)
>
> Not so direct as an app-level helper but easier to write than a string :)
>
> On Friday, April 23, 2021 at 2:34:56 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your feedback folks. I see where you are coming from and I can
>> not disagree. š
>>
>> > Maybe it makes more sense for an application-level helper?
>>
>> Correct. I will do that going forward. š
>>
>> - Faisal
>>
>> On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 2:15:15 PM UTC-4 [email protected]
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > 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
>>>>>>>
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