[erlang-questions] Proposal: add lists:intersperse/2 and lists:intercalate/2

[Pierre Fenoll]

I find myself reimplementing the first one a lot, for use with iolists. 
The second one is string:join/2, right?


> On 02 Mar 2016, at 06:47, Jesper Louis Andersen <jesper.louis.andersen@REDACTED> wrote:
> 
> Hi Erlangers,
> 
> I'd really like to add two functions to the lists module from Haskell:
> 
> intersperse(List, Seperator) produces a list where each element is separated by separator, i.e.
> 
> X = [1,2,3]
> [1, x, 2, x, 3] = lists:intersperse(X, x),
> 
> and it's cousin, intercalate(ListOfLists, Separator) is append(intersperse(ListOfLists, Seperator)), i.e,
> 
> Y = ["a", "b", "c"]
> "a, b, c" = lists:intercalate(Y, ", "),
> 
> The implementations are straightforward and easy to write tests for, even property based tests if needed.
> 
> The rationale for this proposal is that I find myself implementing this function again and again in every project I write, and it is highly generic. It belongs in a typical list module. OCaml libraries add it. Haskell's Data.List has it. I believe Erlang, being a practical language, should have it as well.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -- 
> J.
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