Add ~w(str0 str1 str2) equivalent for symbols.

[yuy...@gmail.com]

When using ecto-2.0, required fields must be a list of symbols therefore the code will look like this:

fields ~w(email password encrypted_password)

required [:email, password]

And in my humble opinion, it would be better if we can write it like:

fields ~w(email password encrypted_password)

required ~s(email password)

I know ~s is used for string right now, but I believe it's better if we can follow the Ruby's convention where s is used for symbols and w is q(quoted) is used for strings.

Any thought?

[Ben Wilson]

~w(foo bar baz)a creates a list of atoms.

[Ben Wilson]

You'll find documentation about what modifiers are supported in the docs http://elixir-lang.org/docs/master/elixir/Kernel.html#sigil_w/2

Definitely a good idea, that's why we can do it :)

[José Valim]

As Ben said, you can use ~w(foo bar)a.

 

I know ~s is used for string right now, but I believe it's better if we can follow the Ruby's convention where s is used for symbols and w is q(quoted) is used for strings.

Elixir is not Ruby. Elixir doesn't have "symbols". It has atoms. Using s for symbols in Elixir does not make sense. 

[yuy...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the reference. I should have searched more before asking. 

~w(foo bar)a is very understandable and cool.