Idris Gains Binding Application: A New Language Feature
2025-07-14
Idris is getting a new feature called "binding application," a syntactic sugar that streamlines writing dependent pairs and other type constructions in dependent type programming. This avoids reliance on special compiler magic, making the power available to all developers. The post details its use in Sigma types, Exists types, Subset types, Ornaments, ForAll, ForSome, and even for-loops, showcasing how it improves code readability and efficiency, making dependent type programming in Idris more concise and intuitive.
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