---
title: "Using use in Gleam"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-use-in-gleam-jvaslbjkn
source_url: https://erikarow.land/notes/using-use-gleam
type: article
source: "Erika Rowland"
published: 2024-07-08T15:11:29.336Z
updated: 2024-10-05T18:59:34.428Z
tags: ["elixir", "functional-programming", "gleam"]
reading_time: 13
upvotes: 35
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Using use in Gleam

**[Erika Rowland](https://daily.dev/sources/erikarow)** · 13 min read · 35 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Gleam's `use` expression simplifies handling callback functions, error management, and context management. Introduced in version 0.25, `use` replaces the need for extensive nested callbacks, making code more readable, especially when dealing with functions like `result.map` and `result.try` for error handling. It serves as syntactic sugar for creating cleaner and more maintainable code, similar to Rust's `?` operator.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@sheikshahith** · 0 upvotes

> I going to save your article I will learn gleam so your article will be useful for me 😃

**@piyushkacha** · 0 upvotes

> Useful article 💜
>
> Please share your thoughts in the gleam dev community also:  https://dly.to/MRu2Tagc3tk

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Tags: [#elixir](https://daily.dev/tags/elixir), [#functional-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/functional-programming), [#gleam](https://daily.dev/tags/gleam)

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