Terry Reedy wrote: > On 1/31/2010 7:25 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:40:36 -0800, Chris Rebert wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano >>> <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: >>>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:28:41 -0800, Ed Keith wrote: >>>>> In most functional languages you just name a function to access it and >>>>> you do it ALL the time. >>>>> >>>>> for example, in if you have a function 'f' which takes two parameters >>>>> to call the function and get the result you use: >>>>> >>>>> f 2 3 >>>>> >>>>> If you want the function itself you use: >>>>> >>>>> f >>>> >>>> How do you call a function of no arguments? >>> >>> It's not really a function in that case, it's just a named constant. >>> (Recall that functions don't/can't have side-effects.) > > Three of you gave essentially identical answers, but I still do not see > how given something like > > def f(): return 1 > > I differentiate between 'function object at address xxx' and 'int 1' > objects. > But in a functional environment you don't need to. That's pretty much the whole point.
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