Re: Re: Re: Lightweight syntax: a dissident view

[Luis Carvalho <lexcarvalho@...>]

> > filter(lambda(x) x % 2 == 0)
> 
> hmm also some uses not claerly defined, not nice:
> 
> myfunc(lambda(x) x, x)
> 
> is this:
> myfunc(function(x) return x, x end)
> or
> myfunc(function(x) return x end, x)
> ?

Second option; actually, what I was proposing was more like

lambda `(' [par] `)' exp

but to avoid the ambiguity we could add a final token

lambda `(' [parlist] `)' explist end

albeit with a marginal gain over 'function'...

Cheers,
Luis

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