vrod

vrod

Can you define spec for function with specific arity?

I am working with behaviours and callbacks, so I am trying to define a spec for a function that should accept an argument which is also a function, but specifically a function that accepts 1 argument. I just discovered that there is a is_function that can be used in a guard clause: Kernel — Elixir v1.20.2

I have something like this:

@callback something(fun :: function()) :: list()

and implementations look like this:

@impl true
def something(fun) do
    fun.("abc")
end

It is important that the provided fun has an arity of 1. I could make a guard clause:

@impl true
def something(fun) when is_function(fun, 1) do
    fun.("abc")
end

but I am wondering if it is possible to define this in the @callback spec?

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rvirding

rvirding

Creator of Erlang

Well elixir is dynamically typed so the checks aren’t done at compile time as such but the compiler adds code which do the checks in the patterns and guards. The compiler quite happily ignores all your type specs though you can use the dialyzer tool which will try to check your code and warn you if it finds errors.

Marcus

Marcus

You can try:

@callback something(fun :: (term() -> term())) :: list()
hauleth

hauleth

Of course (term() -> term()), but it will not enforce it in any way.

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