[swift-evolution] Lambda function syntax

[Craig Cruden]

I have to say that nuance is basically lost on me.  If I assign a variable I know when I use it I get a type back based on “:”.  If I call a function it has parameters that are defined as : type, if I use a function that ends with a definition “)” [end of parameter list; beginning of type of function] “:” it specifies the “type” of function (what I expect when I call the function).  

I have always associated “arrows” with things like mathematical functions, as such when I switch back and forth between languages I immediately switch back to reading arrows in regards to functions.  

It probably is only compounded by the other languages that I use where they tend to use -> or => to represent an arrow.

But then each person’s sensibilities are different :p




> On 2015-12-24, at 17:44:52, Tino Heth via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>> I'm completely against replacing '->' by ':' it would make unreadable the declaration of a function taking a closure as parameter, or returning one (among other things).
> 
> That's definitely right: Two different separators only shift the problem by one level, but hopefully it won't become common to deal with "functions having functions as parameters that have function parameters that… ;-)
> Also there is the different meaning of ":" ("is a...") and "->" ("returns a…")
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