On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:23:41 +0100 Michael Schnell <mschn...@lumino.de> wrote:
> On 02/24/2015 11:12 AM, Sven Barth wrote: > > > > > > AFAIK Delphi doesn't use the term "closures" though conceptually > > anonymous functions (as implemented by Delphi) are one way to achieve > > them. > > > What is the advantage of using a "closure" and/or an "anonymous > function" instead of just doing "free;" as the last instruction of a > normal procedure of some object ? The advantage of anonymous is less typing, disadvantage is easy misuse, for example adding redundancy and harder to debug. About closures see for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_%28computer_programming%29 Mattias _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
