Re: Add lists:find/2,3

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On Oct 13, 2013 8:44 PM, "Sean Cribbs" <[email protected]> wrote:

> `lists:find/2,3` returns the first element of the passed list for which
> the predicate fun returns `true`. If no elements result in the predicate
> being true, `undefined` (/2) or the given default value (/3) is returned.
>
> ## Why this new feature?
>
> A common task is to select the first element from a list that matches a
> condition, but there is no existing lists function or language feature that
> avoids traversing the entire list, while still returning a "safe" value.
> `lists:find/2,3` codifies the pattern of a tail-recursive search for the
> matching item without resorting to exceptions (used to abort `foreach/2` or
> `foldl/3`) and always returns either the first matching item, or an
> otherwise safe value.
>
> ## Risks / uncertain artifacts
>
> It is unclear the desired order of arguments for the 3-arity version. I
> have made the default value the final argument which is consistent with
> `application:get_env/3` and `proplists:get_value/3`, but most functions in
> lists place the `List` argument last.
>
> ## How did you solve it?
>
> Following the patterns of other functions in the lists module,
> `lists:find/3` tests the predicate function against the head of the list,
> returning the head if the predicate passes, or recursing over the tail if
> it does not.
>
> https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/102
>
> --
> Sean Cribbs <[email protected]>
> Software Engineer
> Basho Technologies, Inc.
> http://basho.com/
>
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