elm-compat-017
This is a module for Elm 0.17 which allows you to use some of changes in
Elm 0.18's elm-lang/core
It should be said that the best way to experience all of the goodness of Elm 0.18 is to upgrade your project to Elm 0.18. And elm-format has some nice features to help you do that easily.
However, there are cases in which you don't want to upgrade to the latest version of Elm, but would find it handy to use some of its features. For instance, you may have an app in production, or you may have code that you need to compile with multiple versions of Elm.
So, this library may be of some assistance in those cases.
API
For the detailed API, see the Elm package site, or the links to the right, if you're already there.
As you will see, the modules from elm-lang/core
with changes that can be
back-ported to Elm 0.17 are included here with the Elm version as a suffix. So,
suppose you want to use the new nullable
from the Elm 0.18 version of
Json.Decode
, You can do something like this:
import Json.Decode018 exposing (nullable)
If you're maintaining some code for both Elm 0.17 and 0.18, then the necessary
change is then limited to the import
statement -- in the Elm 0.18 version,
you'd just change the import to:
import Json.Decode exposing (nullable)
One thing which doesn't quite work (but might be nice) is:
import Json.Decode018 as Json
import Json.Decode as Json
The problem is that each has an andThen
, so Json.andThen
becomes ambiguous.
However, if you're maintaining code for both Elm 0.17 and 0.18, you could do something like the following.
-- In the Elm 0.17 file, use the following imports:
import Json.Decode as Json
import Json.Decode018 as Json18
-- In the Elm 0.18 file, use the following imports:
import Json.Decode as Json
import Json.Decode as Json18
Then, in the body of the either file, when you need something that is specific
to Elm 0.18, you can say something like Json18.andThen
. In both cases, you'll
get the function you want.
If you also want to use some things that are specific to Elm 0.17, you can
install Gizra/elm-compat-018
in the Elm 0.18 project, and then do something like this:
-- In the Elm 0.17 file, use the following imports:
import Json.Decode as Json
import Json.Decode as Json17
import Json.Decode018 as Json18
-- In the Elm 0.18 file, use the following imports:
import Json.Decode as Json
import Json.Decode017 as Json17
import Json.Decode as Json18
If you do that, then you can say Json17.andThen
or Json18.andThen
in either
file, and in both cases you'll get the function you expect.
Just to reiterate, none of this is standard operating procedure -- normally, you will be best served by just updating everything to the latest version of Elm. So, this is just for the very few cases where it makes sense to work in multiple versions of Elm at the same time.
Installation
Try elm-package install Gizra/elm-compat-017
Development
Try something like:
git clone https://github.com/Gizra/elm-compat-017
cd elm-compat-017
npm install
npm test