01:56 <jrayhawk> Why does the following produce a compile-time error? if false; puts "false"; {% if true %} elsif true; puts "true"; {% end %} end

02:03 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> i think the gist of it is https://crystal-lang.org/reference/1.5/syntax_and_semantics/macros/index.html#pitfalls

02:04 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> ```elsif true ⏎ puts "true"``` ⏎ ⏎ isnt valid on its own, so it just fails [https://gitter.im/crystal-lang/crystal?at=62ccd6a022c53438bc631fca]

02:28 <jrayhawk> oh, ugh. okay.

04:11 <postmodern> i'm curious, does crystal has an equivalent of ruby's `foo &.method` short-hand? i'm guessing it's not really that useful since you can define variables as not being nil-able.

04:21 <FromGitter> <remiliascarlet:nanako.mooo.com> I've seen that same syntax used, such as `newString = something.map &.to_s`

04:26 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> Probably would just be .try

17:35 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> Can someone show me how to fix this error?

17:36 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> https://carc.in/#/r/dfme

17:36 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> for one, i wouldnt use a recursive alias

17:40 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> ref: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/12100#issuecomment-1149738238

17:42 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> Yeah, there is a comment "Thanks, I basically copied the json module" :)

17:42 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> I did the same

17:42 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> well the json module doesnt use a recursive alias, so you kinda didnt

17:48 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> A lot of discussion since 2017 :) https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/5155

17:49 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> Actually the recursive alias is in json::any

17:50 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> there is no recursive alias

17:50 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> its a recursive type

17:50 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> functionally the same thing, but less buggy

18:10 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> It's ok now except the boilerplate `.as(Test::Foo::Type)}` on every function call

18:10 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> https://carc.in/#/r/dfnc

18:11 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> still would refactor to now use that

18:11 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> but okay

18:11 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> to not*

18:23 <FromGitter> <Dan-Do> How would you make that? I tried some ways but failed

18:27 <FromGitter> <Blacksmoke16> https://carc.in/#/r/dfnm something like this i think