Arguments list

The builder patterns gives us to build configuration. We could also use plain lists for this:

view =
  shape
    [ scale 0.5 0.5 0.5
    , position 0 -6 -13
    , rotation -90 0 0
    ]

Our module exposes a series of functions that return a common type e.g.

scale : Float -> Float -> Float -> Attribute

rotation : Int -> Int -> Int -> Attribute

Using that we can build a List Attribute and pass it to a function as configuration.

This is the pattern used in elm/html, elm/svg, elm-css, elm-ui.

This pattern is best used with Opaque types. As we don't usually want the caller to be able access the returned type (e.g. Attribute).
This pattern is best when all arguments are optional as we cannot avoid having the caller pass an empty list.

Elm Patterns