Just freeing my imagination. Is there any language...

# language-evolution

[Pablichjenkov]

Just freeing my imagination. Is there any language that features in its design something like function inheritance or function composition.
I have a couple of Composable functions that I repeatedly call in other Composables. Eg:
A 'BackPressHandler' to handle back press in each screen. Other common TopBars and such.
Instead of copy and paste the same functions call block in every screen, is there any way to tell the compiler to inline other function calls automatically in the order we pass.
Let's say
Fun1() { ... } : uses/inline/copy ::Fun2, ::Fun3

This kind of design. The result something like:

Fun1(){
  Fun2()
  Fun3()
  ...
}

Perhaps a feature in the Compose plugin 🤔

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

Could you clarify more what syntax you're sort of thinking of and what the expected behaviour would be like?

[Pablichjenkov]

I would say something that looks like:

Fun1 call ::Fun2, ::Fun3 () { fun1-body-here }

call could be combined with inline

[Pablichjenkov]

Seen it twice I think is better just write it as a regular function in current syntax 😒

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

I mean, if you really want to, one can do:

fun call(vararg blocks: () -> Unit) { for(block in blocks) block() }

//elsewhere
Fun1() {
  call(::Fun2, ::Fun3)
  ...
}

[Pablichjenkov]

Yeah I've realized that similar stuff can be achieved with existing language features. Like what you mentioned or creating helper Composable functions that encapsulates the reusable code and slot Composable to fill in.

Fun1WithReusableStuff(@Composable Slot...) {
  Fun2()
  Slot()
  Fun3()
}

Then use it like:

Fun1WithReusableStuff {
  ... // Composable stuff
}

[Pablichjenkov]

I LL post the actual problem that I want to solve in the compose channel later