class scala[A] { def apply[B](f: (A) => B) = directly to forehead }

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The Cavern of COBOL > class scala[A] { def apply[B](f: (A) => B) = directly to forehead }

Hughlander: May 11, 2005

I'm working in an existing code base with a horrible method with 18 arguments, along the lines of:

code:

def Foo(bar: Bar,
        moo: Moo=null,
        zoo: String=null,
        bleh: String = null,
        <repeat 15 times>)

I'd like to partially apply the function so that you specify the Bar as expected, but the zoo is fixed, while the callers could still apply moo/bleh et al. IE something like:

code:

val myFoo = Foo(_: Bar, zoo="gently caress you")
val Something = myFoo(thisBar, bleh="Such poo poo")

Is there a way to do so or what would the approach be if I can't touch Foo?

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Hughlander: May 11, 2005

Not sure about the Scala component but that also sounds like a prime Kafka use case.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2015 03:34

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