I have noticed some discrepancy in the elixir official documentation and would like to know two things. First, if it is an error or I am missing something. Second, how to report it to the elixir team to update the documentation if it’s truly incorrect. On this link the inspect optional parameters a…

[image] tobleron: First, if it is an error or I am missing something. It’s not an error. inspect([1, 2, 3], pretty: true, width: 0) # is equivalent to inspect([1, 2, 3], [pretty: true, width: 0]) # is equivalent to inspect([1, 2, 3], [{:pretty, true}, {:width, 0}]) Effectively, pretty: …

Thanks for your prompt feedback, that is interesting. So I assume they’re both regarded as :atoms by the underlying compiler.

[image] tobleron: So I assume they’re both regarded as :atoms by the underlying compiler. Yes, that’s the case.

[image] tobleron: Second, how to report it to the elixir team to update the documentation if it’s truly incorrect. For future reference: The Elixir Core team (as well as most library owners) take a mistake or oversight in the documentation as seriously as a bug in the code :slight_smile:. Sta…

I’ve actually responded to problems with the documentation several times by submitting pull requests with changes. They have all been well received.

Just in case my post title is misunderstood. I am not afraid to report any documentation problems, but the original title of my post was not phrased like that. When the moderator changed the title to a clear question like that, it gives the impression that “I had tried to report before and it did no…

My first interactions with the community was submitting PRs for documentation issues I noticed when first discovering the language over 5 years ago. It was awesome how graceful and egoless the core team was, and is impressive how well that empathy has scaled with the size and velocity of the languag…