Reliable, platform independent newline splitter in gleam | The Gleam Programming Language | Page 1

atomic notch Jun 2, 2024, 10:44 AM

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Hello,
is there a recommended newline splitter in gleam? Like the Environment.NewLine in .NET?

fluid jackal Jun 2, 2024, 10:44 AM

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What's that?

atomic notch Jun 2, 2024, 10:45 AM

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A uniform function to split a string on newlines as different platforms split differently like \r\n on windows and \n on linux/mac

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Just a nice api so you don't have to think about the host platform

fluid jackal Jun 2, 2024, 10:46 AM

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Cool cool

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What would it do in contexts where you don't know the operating system?

atomic notch Jun 2, 2024, 10:48 AM

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.NET keeps a neutral stance and just does \n for unix and \n\r for non unix platforms

fluid jackal Jun 2, 2024, 10:49 AM

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Aye, I was asking what should it do when you cannot tell what platform you're running on?

deft tendon Jun 2, 2024, 10:51 AM

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Not knowing is probably non unix then?

atomic notch Jun 2, 2024, 10:53 AM

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Yeah I believe defaulting to \n would be safest

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Sorry for my misunderstanding

fluid jackal Jun 2, 2024, 10:54 AM

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It's tricky

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The main one is in a browser

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Wait we could check window.navigator.platform

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Nice

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OK so I think that's practically enough for everything

gray root Jun 2, 2024, 10:56 AM

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My favourite thing is checking if someone is on windows and changing the breadcrumbs from Home / Etc / Etc to Home \ Etc \ Etc

fluid jackal Jun 2, 2024, 10:56 AM

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That's cute

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Though / is also a valid windows path delimeter

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idk why it has 2

gray root Jun 2, 2024, 10:57 AM

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Backwards compatibility

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/ was added in later iirc

fluid jackal Jun 2, 2024, 10:57 AM

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such a silly design that OS

deft tendon Jun 2, 2024, 10:58 AM

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gray root My favourite thing is checking if someone is on windows and changing the breadcr...

In C# you can use Path.Combine("Home", "Etc", "Etc") to create a path with the correct slash

gray root Jun 2, 2024, 10:58 AM

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You can do that in most langs, I was talking about UI in a browser

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For ex. I have a project with a team switcher that looks like this on Windows

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And this everywhere else

deft tendon Jun 2, 2024, 10:59 AM

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why does is matter in a web ui?

gray root Jun 2, 2024, 10:59 AM

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It's just a neat easter egg

deft tendon Jun 2, 2024, 11:00 AM

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ahh i see

gray root Jun 2, 2024, 11:00 AM

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Like Louis said, it's cute 😂

deft tendon Jun 2, 2024, 11:00 AM

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I didn't know that was called breabcrumbs

gray root Jun 2, 2024, 11:02 AM

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Breadcrumbs is the name for the thing you see sometimes that shows the path to the current page, like this

cinder sandal Jun 2, 2024, 12:20 PM

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people who don't know about hansel and gretel are going to be so confused lmao.

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