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10203 :: std/paths and $ proc

• domogled (orginal) [2023-05-17T07:40:20+02:00] view original

  Hello,

  thank you for the std/paths and std/libs libraries. I will used my own implementation of type Path in my projects and now I can use directly from standard library.

  I have a question, is there any reason why in the std/paths is not implemented function

  
  proc `$`(path:Path): string =
  Run

  thanks

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• shirleyquirk (orginal) [2023-05-17T22:21:13+02:00] view original

  A Path is a distinct string so you can echo my path.string but I get your point

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• domogled (orginal) [2023-05-18T00:17:35+02:00] view original

  Yes, I know, that's exactly what I'm doing. But it's not very nice

  Function

  
  proc `$`*(path: Path): string `
  Run

  is useful because it automatically converts to a string, for example in an echo command.

  I was just wondering why it's not in std/paths, if there's some special reason for it.

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• juancarlospaco (orginal) [2023-05-18T01:20:15+02:00] view original

  To make code explicit for more safety, the same reason std/lenientops are not default basically.

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• Araq (orginal) [2023-05-18T07:56:24+02:00] view original

  I was just wondering why it's not in std/paths, if there's some special reason for it.

  We probably were too cautious here.

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