Recursive Anonymous Functions in Elixir: Combinators and Macros

Re:Recursive Anonymous Functions in Elixir: Combinators and ... by macintux on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:09PM (#13293936)

I know I've come across a case once where I wanted a recursive anonymous function in Erlang, but I don't remember the context. Couldn't do it in R16.

One use case that comes to mind would be nested data structures where you'd like to iterate over each child's children.

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Re:Recursive Anonymous Functions in Elixir: Combinators and ... by bubblesocks on Sunday January 01, 2017 @07:17PM (#13298202)

I personally prefer to pull that type of functionality out into a private function. I think it makes the code easier to read.

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Re:Recursive Anonymous Functions in Elixir: Combinators and ... by macintux on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:18PM (#13298634)

I didn't say it was a terribly good idea. I agree, usually.

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