Is there shorthand for 'object Lit { def apply(lit:String) = new Literal(lit) } '?

Case class Lit(name: String)

On Jan 16, 2009 5:24 PM, "Kenneth McDonald" <kenneth.m.mcdonald@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Given that one cannot have top-level functions in a Scala program (as opposed them being allowed in a script), I would expect that an idiom like:

object Lit { def apply(lit:String) = new Literal(lit) }

to achieve the effect of defining a top-level function called "Lit", would be common. Is there a shorthand for this by any chance? Scala has so many neat bits of shorthand, I don't want to miss one :-)

Thanks,
Ken

Why not just have:

object LiteralFunctions {
def lit(lit:String) = new Literal(lit)
}

then use

import LiteralFunctions._

then the lit function and any others you define will be available.
I.e. use the object as a module for top level functions.

On 1/17/09, Kenneth McDonald wrote:
> Given that one cannot have top-level functions in a Scala program (as
> opposed them being allowed in a script), I would expect that an idiom like:
>
> object Lit { def apply(lit:String) = new Literal(lit) }
>
> to achieve the effect of defining a top-level function called "Lit", would
> be common. Is there a shorthand for this by any chance? Scala has so many
> neat bits of shorthand, I don't want to miss one :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>