Application vs. free standing functions

[flosse]

Is there a reason why there is the Application trait instead of free standing functions view and update like it is done in Elm?

[ivanceras]

I think it could be done with a separate view and update function, but I think Application trait is simpler and easy to work with. The view and update will need to have the same Msg object that needs to be passed around anyway, combining them together in one trait makes it more intuitive.
Do you have a use-case where the view and update need to be free standing functions?

[flosse]

Do you have a use-case where the view and update need to be free standing functions?

I'm used to writing seed apps where I split all the components into separate modules, some of which have their own Msg but others just have a view without an update function. I'll probably port a small app to Sauron at some point and see if there are any problems.