Kotlin: The Problem with null

Re:Kotlin: The Problem with null by brabel on Saturday January 13, 2018 @04:39AM (#16138923)

Wouldn't this let me call `fn true false` or `fn "hi" 2`? Or the second declaration takes the inferred type of the arguments from the first one?

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Re:Kotlin: The Problem with null by andolanra on Saturday January 13, 2018 @05:43AM (#16139053)

This isn't two functions: it's actually one function defined by cases. You can think of it as equivalent to

    fn x y = case (x, y) of
      (Just q, Just z) -> q + z
      (_, _) -> 0

but the case becomes implicit in the repetition of the function name at the top level of indentation.

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Re:Kotlin: The Problem with null by dllthomas on Saturday January 13, 2018 @12:11PM (#16140260)

> at the top level of indentation

At the same level, really - it works in a let or a where as well.

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