Roc Zulip Daily Summary — 2026-02-18

• Realm: https://roc.zulipchat.com
• Window: 2026-02-18 12:00 AM to 2026-02-19 12:00 AM (America/Los_Angeles)
• Messages: 7
• LLM: vertex_open_model model=zai-org/glm-5-maas topics=3 ok=3/3

Top threads

Associated type restriction

• Channel: beginners
• Conversation: Associated type restriction
• Messages: 3
• People: 1
• Time: 12:46 AM–2:27 AM (America/Los_Angeles)
• Participants: Jonathan
• Link: https://roc.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/231634-beginners/topic/Associated.20type.20restriction/near/574473652

Key links

• https://roc.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/231634-beginners/topic/Associated.20type.20restriction/near/574416724
• https://roc.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/231634-beginners/topic/Associated.20type.20restriction/near/574402157
• https://roc.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/304641-ideas/topic/where.20clause.20changes/near/531882059

Summary

Jonathan asks about the status of where clauses in type declarations, specifically regarding a syntax for defining interfaces like HasEq, after being referred to a previous discussion.

Key points

• Jared Ramirez confirmed that where clauses in type declarations are currently planned to be disallowed (frozen) in an upcoming PR.
• Jonathan analyzed the potential utility of the syntax for defining interfaces as a shorthand for function requirements but questioned how composition would work.
• Jonathan ultimately decided he lacks a concrete use case for the feature outside of type experimentation.

.. vs _

• Channel: compiler development
• Conversation: .. vs _
• Messages: 2
• People: 2
• Time: 1:14 AM–5:11 PM (America/Los_Angeles)
• Participants: Anton, Jared Ramirez
• Link: https://roc.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/395097-compiler-development/topic/.2E.2E.20vs.20_/near/574632034

Key links

• https://github.com/roc-lang/basic-cli/pull/413

Summary

Anton is requesting an initial review from Jared Ramirez regarding an issue that is currently blocking a new basic-cli pull request.

Key points

• The discussion concerns the topic of .. vs _ in compiler development.
• The issue is a blocker for a specific pull request in the roc-lang/basic-cli repository.
• Jared Ramirez has not yet looked into the issue due to being busy with work.

Open questions

• What are Jared Ramirez’s thoughts on the issue?

Action items

• Jared Ramirez to look into the issue by Friday or the upcoming weekend.

Worklog (Draft PRs and coordination)

• Channel: contributing
• Conversation: Worklog (Draft PRs and coordination)
• Messages: 2
• People: 2
• Time: 5:23 AM–6:06 PM (America/Los_Angeles)
• Participants: Anton, Eli Dowling
• Link: https://roc.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/316715-contributing/topic/Worklog.20.28Draft.20PRs.20and.20coordination.29/near/574637725

Key links

• https://github.com/roc-lang/roc/pull/9071

Summary

Two contributors provided updates on their current development efforts in a coordination thread, outlining a new feature implementation and a substantial pull request.

Key points

• Anton plans to implement file imports, providing a specific syntax example for importing a file as a string.
• Eli Dowling announced that their completion PR (#9071) is ready for review.
• Eli acknowledged the PR is large but emphasized that it has been thoroughly tested.

Open questions

• None

Action items

• None