crisefd
Can't use function calls in pattern matching
Given
f = fn -> 2 end
g = fn -> 2 end
How can I match the result of g with f’s ?
If I do it like this, it fails because function calls are not allowed in pattern matching.
case g.() do
f.() -> 1
4 -> 2,
5 -> 3,
_ -> 6
end
Note:
This is dummy version of what I need to do in my project. Basically I need to pattern match the result of a function with the result of other functions. But don’t know how to go about it.
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kokolegorille
NobbZ
a = fast_op()
b = long_running_thing()
case c do
^a -> 1
^b -> 2
end
Is very explicit that no matching would happen before both calls have returned, whereas the “sugared” version you suggest might hide this fact and a naive reader would assume that long_running_thing() never gets called when cmatches the result of fast_op().
OvermindDL1
Matches are run in linear time, they can’t allow for arbitrary function calling or anything of the sort as they get compiled to a fairly efficient jumplist (sometimes).
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silverdr
That’s exactly what I was looking for as a replacement for the
which keeps getting over-verbose especially when more than two options are at play 
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