Use begin block and allow variable export #50
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Breaking: The
@chain
macro now creates abegin
block, not alet
block.This means that variables that are assigned within the macro are available outside.
Technically, situations are imaginable where this could lead to overwritten variables if someone used large expressions with intermediate variable names in begin blocks spliced into the chain.
It is however quite unlikely for the normal way that
@chain
is intended to be used.Additionally, it is now possible to use the syntax
variable = some_expression
to make use of the feature that variables can be exported.The
some_expression
part is handled exactly like before.This enables you to carry parts of a computation forward to a later step in the chain or outside of it: