Regarding immutable data classes in kotlin, I reme...
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groostav
09/03/2020, 2:17 AMRegarding immutable data classes in kotlin, I remember there was some discussion about a more elegant way of ~mutating member values. I think Arrow.kt adds some functionality here. Did kotlin 1.4 introduce anything new here?
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Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
09/03/2020, 2:34 AMI think you're looking for lenses? And there's nothing about that in kotlin 1.4 itself.
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Nir
09/03/2020, 12:55 PMI really thing the language needs something here
Nir
09/03/2020, 12:56 PMEither support a way to make copies of nested immutable data more elegantly
Nir
09/03/2020, 12:56 PMOr add some stuff that at least makes lenses nicer to use
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Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
09/03/2020, 1:50 PMAgreed, i think a lot of ergonomics around data classes/value types could be improved. They’ve only just scratched the surface of what’s possible.
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