Re: Short form for defining a function (Was: try-catch ...)

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

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Thomas Jericke <tjericke@indel.ch> wrote:
> That means you need to parse the function every time you run it, doesn't it?
> Also you can't access upvalues from your function.

Yes, it's the old 'string lambda' pattern - can obviously memomize the
function.  I went through a period when I enjoyed this pattern but
it's mostly not worth the downsides. (It's still there in Penlight)

https://stevedonovan.github.io/Penlight/api/libraries/pl.utils.html#string_lambda