Re: Lightweight function syntax (again) Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (alpha-rc2) now available

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

my 2 cent:

function(x,y,z)
  dostuff(x,y,z);
  return x+y, x+z
end

should be translated to:

@(x,y,z)
  dostuff(x,y,z);
@[x+y, x+z]

Pretty compact written on one line, but still readable:

@(x,y,z) dostuff(x,y,z); @[x+y, x+z]

Only 1 new symbol (@) and two new tokens @( and @[

@( will mark the beginning of a parameter list;
@[ the beginning of a multiple return

cheers

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Lorenzo