Peter W A Wood schrieb: >> Jonas Maebe wrote: >>> http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/33336 >>> >>> Note that even Delphi doesn't have them yet ("it might also turn >>> up in Delphi in the future"). >>> >> Looks as something related to: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_function#Delphi ? If so then >> this is already implemented in delphi. > > From my understanding, Delphi's so-called "Anonymous Functions" work > as closures - the inner function/procedure having access to the > variables of the outer function/procedure even if the outer function > has completed execution. Delphi's anonymous functions can have names > so they don't seem to be so anonymous. Anonymous functions were > implemented in Delphi 2009. > > Apparently, they are referred to as anonymous functions as the term > closures is used for something different in C++ Builder.
I still don't get what's the real use of such constructs? I see only that it seems to encourage a hacky scripting language like coding style? _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
