jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:35): jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:35):Brendan Hansknecht said:
"...you're kidding, right?"
No no no, trust me, it's better for you, by changing all code into emojis it enables all people regardless of literacy to understand
Heyyyy so I unironically really want to try making a whole codebase where all function+variable names are emojis. Anyone know a helper tool or happy path for preprocessing something like .rocji files to .roc, or should I just write a Roc app to do that for me?
Or should I submit busted PRs for first-class support and start making enemies? :laughing:
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:37):Pretty sure I haven't seen anything like that, but it would be funny, do it u wont
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:39):There might actually be some value in creating an official tool that can generate Roc from a JSON AST, I think there's gonna be a lot of codegen for interfacing with systems given that there's no planned support for macros
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:40):If we had that, then we'd maintain some kind of jsonschema that was tied to a version of the language
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:40):Does anyone already have a use case they want that is blocked by not having that today?
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:41):But I don't know:
roc check Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:41):I don't think so?
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:42):There are projects that could benefit from that, such as:
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:43):But as much as it would be an improvement over generating the code by hand, Roc's syntax is simple enough that I don't expect this would be a priority
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:47):Fun idea! I'm :happy: to :hammer_and_wrench: it if anyone's :drooling: for it.
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:48):I think a good path for exploring this would be:
roc generate command that either prints a jsonschema, or takes in JSON and writes to a roc file (or files) Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:50):(My timing on my tab macro is too long, and it's on the letters L and D...)
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:53):Makes sense - for the emoji names use case alone, this should just be a trivial find-and-replace though.
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:54):Yeah, for emojis only, it'd be a much more specific and simple tool
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:54):I did love jsonschema in 2018 though
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 05:57):I've not used it much myself, I just suggest it because it seems like a popular standard. Do you know of anything better?
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:58):I think I made a project proposal at my cloud job about using jsonschema to configure databases or something
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 05:59):I haven't thought about it (or any alternatives) since
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 06:02):Nice to meet you, by the way :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: I'm Jan - I've been away from Roc for a few years
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 06:03):Hi, I'm Sam! I've been working on it proper since about April, but I've been looking at it for years
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 06:03):I've definitely seen you around though, and I'm sure I'll continue to see you around :smile:
jan kili (Oct 27 2024 at 06:04):Looks like we joined this Zulip the same week. I hope so! I'm planning to write some software synth music this winter, and I'd love to use Roc over Haskell or JS if the young ecosystem isn't a blocker.
Sam Mohr (Oct 27 2024 at 06:05):That sounds awesome! If there's anything blocking you, I'm not the only tinkerer that'd be happy to help make your dreams a reality
Richard Feldman (Oct 27 2024 at 12:12):oh hey Jan, great to see you! :smiley:
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