alexiss
"non_nil" shortcut inside with
In my practice I often write something like this:
with value when not is_nil(value) <- some_fun() do
...
end
What about something like shortcut for this frequently used case?
with non_nil(value) <- some_fun() do
...
end
Unfortunately, I can’t find any way to do it via macroses because as I understand when is a some kind of special form that is handled by compiler.
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OvermindDL1
Yeah, that’s because of how with is implemented, it really should have been a macro itself so it doesn’t have these weird and surprisingly inconsistent edge cases.
In short, no, I’ve not found anyway to enhance with like that without just flat-out replacing it, which is entirely an option, there are some good libraries that already have. 
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