13:38 <emilbayes> I think if found a bug in the compiler after trying to do something I'm not sure is allowed: https://playground.ponylang.io/?gist=b3fdc42090e89fcb3b1af3e6ecfc4793

13:38 <emilbayes> It's in the main actor at the bottom

14:56 <vaninwagen> Thats interesting

14:57 <SeanTAllen> can you open an issue emilbayes ?

14:57 <vaninwagen> Can you report that as an issue?

14:57 <vaninwagen> Ha SeanTAllen , you were first

15:10 <vaninwagen> Im quite sure this is not allowed, but we should have a better error message

15:12 <vaninwagen> You are referencing the chunker before it is even created. A way out would be to set the StringCounter on the created Chunker, so you can create one after the other

16:25 <rkallos> I noticed doing day 1 of Advent of Code in Pony that String.read_int() checks for leading minus, but it does not check for leading plus. Is this something you think should be added? If so, I'd be happy to do it.

16:25 <emilbayes> vaninwagen: Ya ok, I was unsure since some languages would allow you to have this kind of "circular" reference. But I guess maybe there could be some issues if the lambda was called in the constructor

16:26 <emilbayes> rkallos: Ha yeah, I have a hack with that in the playground above

16:26 <rkallos> :P

16:32 <SeanTAllen> rkallos: not sure. that sounds like something that an RFC to discuss would be good for. Or if you arent sure, then opening an issue on the RFC repo to discuss would be a good idea.

16:33 <SeanTAllen> unless, you think that the lack of "+" handling violates the principles of least surprise in which case it doesnt need to go through the RFC process. but you'd want to get say vaninwagen and jemc to agree

17:06 <vaninwagen> If a plus is supported by lots of protocols, i think it makes sense. If it is not by some others, maybe a flag for switching makes sense.

17:07 <vaninwagen> If it doesnt change the api but only enables the parsing to support more cases i think it could go without RFC

17:07 <SeanTAllen> I am not a fan of flags.

17:07 <SeanTAllen> Flags are bad.

17:07 <SeanTAllen> That's my default stance.

17:07 <SeanTAllen> But I can be convinced for flags in individual instances.

17:10 <vaninwagen> Hey, every nation one earth has one

23:54 <jdhorwitz> Last Week in Pony - December 2, 2018 - https://www.ponylang.io/blog/2018/12/last-week-in-pony---december-2-2018/