> Thanks for your feedback folks. Thanks for your proposal, discussions like these are what help keep the language evolving towards better user-friendliness!
On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 11:34:56 PM UTC-7 [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 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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/256acc5d-912b-48b4-b0bf-121805cc5206n%40googlegroups.com.
