[erlang-patches] [eeps] EEP37: Funs with names

[Anthony Ramine]

Hello,

A quick review of tool support for EEP37:

* Editors

Emacs: Steve Vinoski patched erlang.el and I added his commit to my branch, thank you Steve! [1]
Sublime Text: Sublime-Erlang has been patched by myself a long time ago. [2]
Vim: requires patching, but I have no idea which syntax files are used by the community.

* Parse transforms

syntax_tools and every tool using it: any parse transform using erl_syntax and erl_syntax_lib does not need to be patched.
lager: its parse transform does a dirty hack using `tuple_to_list/1` to traverse unknown AST nodes, no patch needed. [3]
Wrangler and other refactoring tools: needs patching and could probably use a few new transformations related to named funs.

* OTP tools

My implementation teaches the following tools about named funs:

- the compiler stack (obviously)
- cover
- QLC
- xref
- the shell

Dialyzer does not need to be patched as it operates on the Core Erlang AST which already had named funs.

[1] https://github.com/nox/otp/commit/405c0e7a111d5debc693c61ed8c2d311fc0201ca
[2] https://github.com/fjl/Sublime-Erlang/pull/19
[3] https://github.com/basho/lager/blob/2965c23f46301afeb7d62f6fbac99b3ab367f6b2/src/lager_transform.erl#L196-199

Regards,

Le 10 sept. 2013 à 16:59, Anthony Ramine a écrit :

> Sweet. Maybe that's a good occasion to compile a list of community tools operating on code?
> 
> -- 
> Anthony Ramine
> 
> Le 10 sept. 2013 à 14:41, Kenneth Lundin <kenneth.lundin@REDACTED> a écrit :
> 
>> Sorry for the delay.
>> 
>> Anyway , we decided  that the Fun with names implementation can be included in the R17 release which is
>> scheduled for Q1 2014.
>> 
>> We have to look into the impact on tools. The additional syntax might confuse some of the tools working on source code.
>> 
>> /Kenneth, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Tony Rogvall <tony@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Give the dog his bone ;-)
>> 
>> /Tony
>> 
>> On 10 sep 2013, at 10:28, Anthony Ramine <n.oxyde@REDACTED> wrote:
>> 
>>> And of which today this tomorrow is supposed to be? :p
>>> 
>>> Le 5 sept. 2013 à 16:50, Kenneth Lundin a écrit :
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, we have dicussed this on our technical board, I don't have the exact outcome
>>>> at hand but can give more info tomorrow. As far as I remember it was a positive verdict.
>>>> 
>>>> /Kenneth, Erlang/OTP Ericsson
>>>> 
>>>> Den 5 sep 2013 11:56 skrev "Anthony Ramine" <n.oxyde@REDACTED>:
>>>> Ping?
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Anthony Ramine
>>>> 
>>>> Le 2 juil. 2013 à 10:12, Anthony Ramine a écrit :
>>>> 
>>>>> Did you discuss it yet? :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Anthony Ramine
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le 19 juin 2013 à 15:16, Björn Gustavsson a écrit :
>>>>> 
>>>>>> The OTP Technical Board will discuss EEP37
>>>>>> at its next meeting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Anthony Ramine <n.oxyde@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>>> Ping?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Anthony Ramine
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Le 21 avr. 2013 à 22:17, Anthony Ramine a écrit :
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Any ETA for a review?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Fredrik <fredrik@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 03/20/2013 03:30 PM, Anthony Ramine wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Rebased! :)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Does it mean it may be included before R17? Branch maint is for minor
>>>>>>>>> releases, right?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Right now im collecting all the patches active at the moment in pu. That
>>>>>>>> does not mean it will be included in a minor release. :)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> BR Fredrik Gustafsson
>>>>>>>> Erlang OTP Team
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
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