On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Levi Morrison <morrison.l...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Say we agree on the syntax above
> >> ($n) |$m| => $m * $n;
> > What happens when my one liner function needs to do one more operation
> > like checking the value of $n before multiplication?
>
> As I stated before suggesting the syntax: It's only meant for a single
> expression. It's purposefully NOT intended to cover multiple
> expressions. In that case the current (verbose) syntax is better for
> all criteria I care about. Additionally, neither Python nor Dart
> allows multiple expressions in their short-syntax functions.
>
> +1
A similar syntax was applied in C# lambads. For example :
m => m * n. Though C# allows to use code block in lambdas, I do think that
we should focus on one-expression only, since the current callbacks syntax
(function() { }) is great, I believe, for multiline code.
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