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Easy Heterogeneous Varargs in Scala
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// Define the general Arg type and companion object: | |
import language.higherKinds, language.implicitConversions, language.existentials | |
object Arg { implicit def toArg[Tc[_], T: Tc](t: T): Arg[T, Tc] = Arg(t, implicitly[Tc[T]]) } | |
case class Arg[T, Tc[_]](value: T, typeclass: Tc[T]) | |
// Say, for example we have a typeclass for getting the length of something, with a few instances | |
trait Lengthable[T] { def length(t: T): Int } | |
implicit val intLength = new Lengthable[Int] { def length(i: Int) = 1 } | |
implicit val stringLength = new Lengthable[String] { def length(s: String) = s.length } | |
// Now, define our varargs method: | |
def getLengths(args: (Arg[T, Lengthable] forSome { type T })*) = | |
args.map { case a: Arg[t, Lengthable] => a.typeclass.length(a.value) } | |
// Then, here it is being used in user code: | |
getLengths(1, "foo") // Works | |
getLengths(123, 'x') // Doesn't work - no `Lengthable` for `Char` |
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Hi, very nice code, How can I modify it to work with a typeclass taking two parameters? I have a sort of
trait Conversion[From, To]
typeclass..