The context for this is https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-lang/issues/1141 (and, to a lesser extent, https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-lang/issues/979)
I would like to propose a $300 bounty for adding with keyword support for “digging into” Optional values using ? as a path component. For example, this would enable something like:
Some { x = 1 } with ?.y = 2
… which would produce a result of:
Some { x = 1, y = 2 }
The reason why is that Optional values are one of the most common reasons for users being unable to use the with keyword on real-world configuration files.
I would help mentor anybody who worked on drafting this change to the language standard.
According to our expense guidelines I need to formally document the following:
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What purpose is the expense for?
To add
withkeyword support for transformingOptionalvalues -
Is this a one-time or recurring expense
One-time
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What is the amount you wish to expense?
$300
For reference, our current project balance is $4,376.12.