Defp

An pattern matching implementation in ruby inspired by haskell. If you want to know about the inner workings of defp check out this blog post.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'defp'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install defp

Usage

class Example
  extend Defp

  # With normal params
  def  normal_params(value1, value2)
  defp              ('hello', _    ) == 'foo'
  defp              (_, 'hello'    ) == -> do
    'bar'
  end
    'baz'
  end

  # With keyword arguments
  def self.keyword_params(value1: ,value2:)
  defp(value1: 'hello', value2: _) == 'foo' # you can specify blank vars
  defp(value2: 'hello')            == -> { 'bar' }     # or not specifying them at all
    'baz'
  end

  # With mixed params
  def self.mixed_params(value1 = {}, value2, value3)
  defp({value2: 'hello'}, 'dud', _) == 'foo'
    'bar'
  end
end

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/doodzik/defp/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request