Simplify implementation of internal FFI function intercalate in Data.Show.Generic (#274)

* Simplify ffi implementation of Data.Show.Generic.intercalate.

* Rename Data.Show.intercalate internal FFI function to match same function in Data.Show.Generic.

* Add changelog entry for renaming internal FFI function join in Data.Show to intercalate.

Co-authored-by: JordanMartinez <jordanalex.martinez@protonmail.com>

Author: cdepillabout

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Other improvements:
 - Added clearer docs for Prelude module (#270 by @JordanMartinez)
 - Clarify docs for `flip` (#271 by @JordanMartinez)
 - Add comment that `Number` is not a fully law abiding instance of `Ord` (#277 by @JamieBallingall)
+- The internal FFI function `join` in `Data.Show` has been renamed to `intercalate` to
+  match the same function in `Data.Show.Generic` (#274 by @cdepillabout)
 
 ## [v5.0.1](https://github.com/purescript/purescript-prelude/releases/tag/v5.0.1) - 2021-05-11
 

src/Data/Show.js

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const cons = function (head) {
   };
 };
 
-export const join = function (separator) {
+export const intercalate = function (separator) {
   return function (xs) {
     return xs.join(separator);
   };

src/Data/Show.purs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ instance showProxy :: Show (Proxy a) where
 instance showRecord :: (RL.RowToList rs ls, ShowRecordFields ls rs) => Show (Record rs) where
   show record = case showRecordFields (Proxy :: Proxy ls) record of
     [] -> "{}"
-    fields -> join " " [ "{", join ", " fields, "}" ]
+    fields -> intercalate " " ["{", intercalate ", " fields, "}"]
 
 -- | A class for records where all fields have `Show` instances, used to
 -- | implement the `Show` instance for records.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ instance showRecordFieldsCons ::
   , Show focus
   ) =>
   ShowRecordFields (RL.Cons key focus rowlistTail) row where
-  showRecordFields _ record = cons (join ": " [ key, show focus ]) tail
+  showRecordFields _ record = cons (intercalate ": " [ key, show focus ]) tail
     where
     key = reflectSymbol (Proxy :: Proxy key)
     focus = unsafeGet key record :: focus
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ foreign import showCharImpl :: Char -> String
 foreign import showStringImpl :: String -> String
 foreign import showArrayImpl :: forall a. (a -> String) -> Array a -> String
 foreign import cons :: forall a. a -> Array a -> Array a
-foreign import join :: String -> Array String -> String
+foreign import intercalate :: String -> Array String -> String

src/Data/Show/Generic.js

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 export const intercalate = function (separator) {
   return function (xs) {
-    var len = xs.length;
-    if (len === 0) return "";
-
-    var res = xs[0];
-    for (var i = 1; i < len; i++) {
-      res = res + separator + xs[i];
-    }
-    return res;
+    return xs.join(separator);
   };
 };