softwaremill / softwaremill/quicklens

Support polymorphic classes and type change?

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Description

Any interest in supporting polymorphism and type change?

case class Street[+A](name: A)
case class Address[+A](street: Option[Street[A]])
case class Person[+A](addresses: List[Address[A]])

val p2 = modify(person)(_.addresses.each.street.each.name).using(_.length)

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Research direction

Start with the polymorphic case-class example in the issue and inspect the existing modify expression entry point. Determine the intended type-change behavior for the chained addresses, street, and name access, then establish tests showing the example compiles and produces the expected result.

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Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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