Map Lambda with Side-Effects
"Nordlöw" via Digitalmars-d-learn
digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Tue Jan 13 12:38:08 PST 2015
On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 07:35:53 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
> Somewhat related to
>
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/2024
>
> I wonder about the soundness of `map` in
>
>
> ```D
> import std.algorithm, std.range, std.stdio;
> void main(string[] args)
> {
> long[] arr;
> const n = 3;
> iota(n).map!(a => arr ~= a);
> writeln(arr);
> writeln(iota(n).map!(a => arr ~= a));
> writeln(arr);
> }
> ```
>
> that prints
>
> ```D
> []
> [[0], [0, 1], [0, 1, 2]]
> [0, 1, 2]
> ```
>
> Shouldn't a warning at least be issued for return-ignoring calls
> to map with mutating lambdas? Has there been any discussions on
> making map require pure functions now that we have each? I guess
> a new function, say `mapPure`, may be neccessary as adding such
> a
> restriction to the lambda will break too much code right?
To clarify:
I f() is stronly pure function then DMD since 2.066 will warn
about
f();
, that is, upon return-discarding calls to strongly pure function.
I believe
iota(n).map!(a => arr ~= a);
is a very similar mistake done and if possible should be warned
about.
Is it possible to
- detect that a lambda is has-side-effects and that
- the map hasn't been used?
If this can't (yet) be detected in compiled-time what about
issuing an exception in the destructor of Map to detect this?
Destroy!
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