Syntax for function expressions with attributes is verbose
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Description
Currently if I want to get an attribute on an inner function expression I have to break it out, expose an extra arrow, and add some (really unintuitive) parens:
let foo =
[@attrOnBar]
(
(bar) =>
[@attrOnBaz]
((~baz) => [@attrOnQux] ((~qux=?, ()) => {"bar": bar, "baz": baz}))
);
I would be interested in having a syntax like:
let foo = (
[@attrOnBar] bar,
[@attrOnBaz] ~baz,
[@attrOnQux] ~qux=?,
(),
) => {"bar": bar, "baz": baz};
This would basically be an extension of the refmting of nested function expressions to a parens style call syntax that also includes attributes - so I think the first version should be valid, but would refmt to the second.
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Research direction
Start with refmt's handling of nested function expressions and attributes, using the two syntax examples in the issue as the behavioral guide. Done means the compact attribute-bearing function-expression syntax is accepted and refmt produces the proposed form while the existing form remains valid.
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- ocaml
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- Feature
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