I have a function repair_file_in_place(path) that makes HTTP connections to check links for 404 errors. Here’s the Python code to run repair_file_in_place() concurrently on all the markdown files in a directory: async def repair_files_in_directory(path: str): """ Repair all markdown files …

Probably something like: path |> Path.join("**/*.md") |> Path.wildcard() |> Task.async_stream(&repair_file_in_place/1) |> Stream.run() Concurrency can be limited using options passed to async_stream. Docs: Task — Elixir v1.20.2 (Note: untested and possibly not optimal, but this is the first that …

You are almost there, you forgot the if part: paths |> Enum.filter(&String.ends_with?(&1, ".md")) ...

This is handled by the wildcard, which expands the glob "your/path/**/*.md" into a list of all the .md files that live anywhere in your/path. :smiling_face:

It’s amazing that this actually works, and is so simple. Especially compared with the code I showed.

People dig Elixir for a reason, my dude. :smiley: That kind of expressive and readable code hooked me to Elixir almost 8 years ago.

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Here's a Python async function. What would the Elixir version be like?

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arcyfelix January 21, 2024, 1:05pm 7

Yeah, my bad. Good job.