Re: Idea: 'function' keyword optional when preceded by 'local'

[steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>]

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Xavier Wang <weasley.wx@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this kind of thing is great (apart of syntax, just idea):
> local a = |x, y| x + y

I like it too, and Francesco Abbate did it in his GSL shell (Lua
bindings to Gnu Scientific Library) but generally it's not too
popular:

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2009-12/msg00071.html

I like David M's suggestion of

local f(x,y) = x+y

(memories of Fortran statement functions)

steve d.