queryverse / queryverse/Query.jl
Make $x syntactic sugar for _.x
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Description
I'm not sure this is really a good idea, but I'd like to get some feedback :) The idea would be that $x is just syntactic sugar for _.x in the standalone query commands. So instead of writing:
data |> @mutate(x = 2*_.x)
one could write
data |> @mutate(x = 2 * $x)
The benefit would be that one saves on character.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the standalone query commands and how expressions using _.x are parsed. Determine whether $x can consistently behave as syntactic sugar for _.x, then verify the proposed examples and related query behavior before considering the work done.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100