Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 01:11:54 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 9/28/24 3:38 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>

I suppose you can do anything with a single call, if you pack enough
arguments into it ...

 
Heh heh ... yea ... LOVE those compound lines with x.y.z.a.b.c() ...
SO comprehensible  :-)

I have occasionally found method-chaining to be useful, particularly with
graphics APIs, e.g.

    (draw
        .close_path()
        .set_source_colour(bg_colour)
        .fill_preserve()
        .set_line_width(line_thickness)
        .set_source_colour(fg_colour)
        .stroke()
    )

If you want biz reports and checks printed - COBOL !

Could never handle proportional fonts and nice text layouts, though.
Python deals with those sorts of things better.