Re: function foo() in table

[Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>]

On Apr 20, 2014, at 3:44 PM, Marc Lepage <mlepage@antimeta.com> wrote:

> I was wondering if there was a reason we cannot do syntax g (below) in a table. It seems like that would be handy.
> 
> t = {
>     1, 2, 3,
>     a='a',
>     b='b',
>     f=function() print 'f' end,
>     function g() print 'g' end,
> }
> 
> I'm sure there's a reason, I'm just curious.
> 
> Marc

Personally I find the existing assignment form much clearer anyway, since this is a case where functions are *clearly* first class values and this is nicely reflected in the syntax.

—Tim