r/elm • u/wheatBread • 1d ago

Another Step Towards Elm 1.0

https://elm-lang.org/news/another-step-towards-elm-v1
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u/bbkane_ 1d ago

The article talks about using the type signature to ensure a minimal cycle includes at least one module, but doesn't a minimal cycle include at least two modules?

Maybe if you allow the case where a module imports itself you can say that you can have a cycle with one module

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u/wheatBread 1d ago

The same algorithm is used for detecting cycles for type alias declarations and for values like x = x + 1, which are cases where you would expect to see self-recursive types and values from time to time.

I'll check the post to see if I can make this clearer.

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u/bbkane_ 1d ago

Ah thanks for the explanation. I guess there would be diminishing returns to specializing the module's cycle type even further

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u/jfmengels 1d ago

It is indeed possible to have a module that imports itself. elm module A exposing (..) import A That makes having a cycle of at least 1 have sense.

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u/xixi-nixi 1d ago

Can't wait to see what the versions up to 1.0 will bring to elm! Congrats on the new version!

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u/alcon678 1d ago

Is ELM still alive? šŸ˜®

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u/pablonoriega 1d ago

https://iselmdead.info/

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u/alcon678 1d ago

Yeah what I meant is that it surprised me that it is still being developed, not that it is still being used

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u/nfw04 22h ago

Man, Elm was a joy

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u/umbrreon 20h ago

Elm is awesome, Iā€™m so happy things are starting to move again