From: Sean O'Halpin <sean.ohalpin@...>
Date: 2005-10-19T00:23:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Anonymous methods, blocks etc. (Cont. 'default block params')

On 10/18/05, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
> Except that Matz still plans on making anonymous functions have closure
> capabilities.
Hmmm. I must have missed that. What does "closure capabilities" mean exactly?

> This is why, after Dave Thomas suggested:
>
>  anon = def(x = 5)
>    # implementation of anon
>  end
>
> I then suggested:
>
>  anon = lambda(x = 5)
>    # implementation of anon
>  end
>
> To me, this is clearer than any of the other options that have been so
> far suggested for anonymous functions.

I was under the impression that it was

  anon = def(x = 5) ... end

for def style semantics (i.e. 'true' anonymous function, opaque scope, etc.) and

  block = lambda(x = 5) ... end

for closures. If so, then I would endorse these suggestions.

Otherwise, I have to confess, I'm a little confused as to what the
proposal for anonymous functions actually means.

Regards,

Sean