Re: [Proposal] Lua-y lambda syntax

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 2017-04-27 09:14 PM, Scott Morgan wrote:
> On 04/27/2017 06:59 PM, Soni L. wrote:
> > You need to use select() if you want multiple return values. It's a
> > single end-of-list-expr.
> How about requiring parens as part of the syntax?
>
> e.g.
> function(a,b) =( b,a )
> function() =( "foo" )
>
> Or would that push the parser too far?
>
> Scott

Ehh... not sure how I feel about this.

return (thing) already has a meaning. Requiring parens would be awful, 
but optional parens would be confusing (is "=(val)" the same as "return 
val" or "return (val)"? read the docs to find out!)...

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