From: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@...>
Date: 2016-11-19T10:02:15+10:00
Subject: [ruby-core:78209] Re: [Ruby trunk Feature#12901] Anonymous functions without scope lookup overhead

On 19/11/2016, justcolin@gmail.com <justcolin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Issue #12901 has been updated by Colin Fulton.
>
> This would be a fantastic feature. I second the idea of something like
> `function { }`, `func { }`, `<> { }`, `--> { }`, `->> { }`, or `<-> { }`.
>
> Would these behave like regular Procs or lambda Procs when it comes to
> return semantics and arty checking? I personally think it would be useful to
> have both types, but having four variants of anonymous functions in Ruby
> might be a bit overwrought.
>

I think it makes sense and would be useful for a 'function' to have
strict arity checking and return from the anonymous function, like a
lambda or a method.

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  Matthew Kerwin
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