Questions tagged [functional-programming]
Functional programming is a paradigm which attempts to solve computational problems by the chained evaluation of functions whose output is determined by their inputs rather than the programme state. In this style of programming, side effects and mutable data are deprecated and usually strictly isolated.
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How to filter "locally and remotely" in functional programming
My example applies to reading and deleting files (I/O), but this is probably a common scenario (eg, keeping local and global state in sync in functional programming).
I am reading in files from a ...
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How to "pass through" data in a functional programming pipeline so that it's accessible later on in the pipeline
I am trying to refactor some JavaScript code to use functional programming principles.
I have some functions that I want to use in a series of maps.
const transformedData = rawData
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Are "pipelines" in functional programming bad for time complexity?
This question is not meant to be a critique of functional programming, but more hoping for resources and opinions.
I am refactoring some historically messy code so that it follows functional ...
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How to handle file I/O in a for loop?
(this question is written using javascript for examples)
Say I have a bunch of files that I need to access sequentially:
1.json
2.json
3.json
4.json
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Say I want to transform the data in all of ...
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(functional programming) What do you call a function that abstracts away a group of function calls?
(this question is written from a functional javascript point of view)
say you have some pure functions:
function a (arg) {
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return result
}
function b (arg) {
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return result
}
function ...
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Did the term "decorator" originate with OOP design patterns?
The Decorator pattern allows behaviour to be dynamically added to an existing object, effectively "decorating" it with new behaviour. While the pattern as formalised and named seems to have ...
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How could I apply the strategy pattern to a react component? [closed]
For the following component, how would I extract the unit logic to allow for composition? In my actual app I am trying to reduce the amount of logic encoded in the component and I have decided that ...
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OO vs FP: What is a good approach to understanding if heavy wrapper classes should be used?
Consider a processing system which ingests objects from an external source and performs extensive processing. One example could be objects detected by a computer vision system which are then fed into ...
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Why did TC39 name JavaScript's array predicate functions `some` and `every` instead of `any` and `all`?
Python, Ruby, Rust, Haskell, Kotlin, C#, C++, Perl, MATLAB, SQL, and R all call their respective array predicate checking functions any and all.
Is there any record of why JavaScript's designers ...
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Object immutability and persistence
While I was learning functional programming I have encounterd two for me very similar terms: immutability and persistence. Also I have read simular questions from stackoverflow, but I am still ...
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Scala Option vs. conditional branches
If I'm writing Scala functions and have to check for nulls in situations where I can't avoid it (say, working with Spark UDFs and some legacy Java types), is it better to turn things into Option or to ...
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When is the application of Kotlin infix functions appropriate? [closed]
The Kotlin language brings the simplification of function calls to the natural language. This article shows a nice example:
Function:
fun of(suit: Suit) = Card(this, suit)
val card = Rank.QUEEN.of(...
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Should I use function-based exports/imports or classes?
What would make more sense, to use functions for exports/imports:
// globals/helpers.js
exports.fnOne = () => {}
// features/user.js
const {fnOne} = require()
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Are "Distributed Enums" an Anti-pattern in non-OOP like they seem to be considered in OOP?
I have recently read about the so-called "distributed enum anti-pattern." In particular, as it relates to using enums in conditional statements. (The idea is apparently that if you were to ...
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Are there any drawbacks to partial application?
Consider the following Typescript code:
function exampleAction(target: Target, options: ExampleActionOptions) {
// ...
}
export function getExampleAction(options: ExampleActionOptions) {
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