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26) ElixirConf US 2018 Lightning Talk – Kernel functions you'll want to start using – Moxley Stratton
ElixirConf US 2018 Lightning Talk – Kernel functions you’ll want to start using – Moxley Stratton (@moxley)
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AstonJ
Nice talk!
I wonder how many people opt to use shortcuts like those mentioned?
Such as:
List.first(items)
vs
hd(items)
and:
Enum.count(items)
vs
length(items)
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OvermindDL1
Depends on the types. List.first([]) will return nil but hd([]) will throw an error, and Enum.count(...) works on any enumerable and length/1 only works on lists (byte_size or bit_size for binaries and map_size for maps). Plus hd/length work in guards where the others do not.
But I use the type-specific forms when at all possible to help ensure proper types. 
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