Maximilian Roos

How would you represent the a long expression @aljazerzen ? I agree the trailing backslashes are ugly! But is there a better way? FWIW this is longer the case: >...

> ... and an idea: non-pipelining parenthesis! The abyss just stared back at me! (niche joke / [reference](https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/55074/trying-to-understand-quote-by-nietzsche)!) > Within lists, we could make this work: How about for a...

> Would the following work? > > ```elm > from tickets_per_show > filter addthree > \ seats > # \ couches * 2 # couches are double-sized > \ couches...

> ```elm > let say_hello = x -> f"Hello {x}!" > ``` I'll respond to the fuller discussion later, but there's a reasonable case for having this as the canonical...

I recently came across @chris-pikul's go-prql again; he makes an interesting point in https://github.com/chris-pikul/go-prql/blob/main/SYNTAX-NOTES.md#function-as-a-constant, which arguably supports the case for a general `let` syntax

Circling back on this from Discord. For what I would want as a user, I'd vote for just using `let`: #### Table (and potentially other variables in the future ```elm...

> Although a bit less obvious than `table add`, we should also support: > > ```elm > let x = ( ... ) > ``` Yes great point. > And...

@paulomach I'm sorry this didn't get another review. There was one very small issue that pre-commit caught (but didn't seem to fix automatically...) I've resolved the conflicts and included a...

Closing as stale unfortunately. Much of that is my fault for not seeing a follow up commit for a while and so it not receiving a timely review. Feel free...

One options here would be to do: ```elm from employees select [-salary, -dob] ``` ...meaning "select the columns apart from `salary` & `dob`. Though possibly the `-` should be outside...