Is purescript-maps deprecated?

[rvdalen]

Hi everyone,

It looks like the purescript-maps package is deprecated?

I am using this package a lot.  If it is deprecated, what is the replacement?

Regards

--Rouan

[Christoph Hegemann]

purescript-maps has been merged with sets into https://github.com/purescript/purescript-ordered-collections

That package only works with compiler version 0.12 though, so you should continue to use purescript-maps until you've upgraded (Wait a few weeks before attempting that, the ecosystem is still catching up)

[rvdalen]

I will stick with purescript-maps for now.

I had a look at the purescript-ordered-collections repo, but there I could not find a StrMap type in there.

What type should we use as an equivalent of StrMap?

I make use of the fact that the runtime representation of StrMap is just a plain javascript object.  Is this still true for the Map type?

Regards

--Rouan

[Christoph Hegemann]

Right, StrMap has been moved into the purescript-foreign-object library under Foreign.Object.

https://github.com/purescript/purescript-foreign-object

As you already said its primary usage is in combination with the FFI, so we felt it was more appropriate to move it.

Greetings,

Christoph

[rvdalen]

Thanks Christoph,

I have changed most of my code to the new packages and names.

Can you maybe shed some more light on my other question regarding 'Eff' vs 'Effect'?

Will Eff be removed or can I safely use it, knowing it is here to stay?

Regards

--Rouan

[Christoph Hegemann]

We (the core maintainers) won't continue to maintain the purescript-eff library. You can totally fork https://github.com/purescript/purescript-eff, update it for 0.12 and continue to use it, but the path of least resistance will definitely be to move to Effect instead.

[Christoph Hegemann]

Fwiw, updating code from purescript-eff to purescript-effect primarily involves removing effect rows and updating imports. The runtime representation is the same for both, so you don't need to touch any FFI code.

[rvdalen]

Thanks Christoph

I have already switched over my code to use `Effect`.

So for myself and future readers, it seems that we should not be using `Eff` any more?

Even though it still exists.

Regards

--Rouan