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Naveen Swamy edited comment on MXNET-1231 at 11/26/18 7:38 PM: --------------------------------------------------------------- As discussed offline, one option is to create implicit def for all data types: ``` // use generics, below is for illustration only implicit def StringToSomeString(x: String): Option[String] = { Some(x) } implicit def SomeStringToString(x: Option[String]): String = { x.get } ``` was (Author: nsw...@apache.org): As discussed offline, one option is to create implicit def for all data types: ``` // use generics, below is for illustration only implicit def StringToSomeString: scala.Option[String](x: String) = { Some(x) } implicit def SomeStringToString(x: Option[String]): String = { x.get } ``` > Help user make some as optional field > ------------------------------------- > > Key: MXNET-1231 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MXNET-1231 > Project: Apache MXNet > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Apache MXNet Scala API > Reporter: Qing Lan > Priority: Major > > Currently, the usage of some in api.<function_name> is pretty awful, users > have to do Some(Symbol) and then .get to use the arithmetic method and then > wrapped up using another Some() to make it pass to the next layer. We should > figure out a way to simplify the process. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@mxnet.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@mxnet.apache.org