`maven { url = uri("https://...") }`

# gradle

[bamboo]

maven { url = uri("https://...") }

[orangy]

I still wonder why it is not just maven("https://…")

[gildor]

Because of this https://github.com/gradle/kotlin-dsl/issues/256#issuecomment-293624947

To be honest I don’t agree that this syntax is “adhoc shortcut”, just because it’s one of the most used things in Gradle dsl and it actually improve readability and make configs shorter.

[sdeleuze]

I still think it would deserve a maven("https://…") shortcut, and I don't think adding implicit conversion to Kotlin is a good idea, it is fine for Groovy but not from Kotlin IMO, too dynamic, too magic. While I agree that libraries and framework should not abuse of shortcuts, in that case I think it is relevant, this is used so many times, people will be confused by uri versus url, etc.

[gildor]

@sdeleuze 100% agree with your opinion

[bamboo]

We will reconsider the shortcut.

[orangy]

May be also consider unifying mavenLocal to maven(local) and maven(central), etc

[bamboo]

Interesting idea, what local and central would be in that scenario?

[orangy]

top-level vals?

[bamboo]

I see, you mean like string constants?

[bamboo]

I’d be tempted to introduce an enum or some opaque class

[orangy]

yep, whatever. Just an idea, I don’t have strong opinion on it.

[jlleitschuh]

You'd need maven(google) to match the current defaults already supported by gradle.

[gildor]

Current shortcuts google() and jcenter() more abstract, because hide repository type from client.

[bamboo]

good point

[jlleitschuh]

IE they could be ivy for all the API cosumer knows?

[bamboo]

yes