[swift-evolution] Lambda function syntax

[Brent Royal-Gordon]

> In this mail I’m answering several statements made in this thread by different people, not only Brent’s mail from which I just picked the following snippet:
> 
>> let names = people.map => person { person.name }
> 
> For me that is more difficult to read than
> 
> 	let names = people.map { person in person.name }
> 
> Especially when chaining is used, i.e.
> 
> 	let names = people.filter => person { person.isFriend }.map => person { person.name }
> 
> (or would I have to add parentheses somewhere with this proposed syntax?)
> 
> vs.
> 
> 	let names = people.filter { person in person.isFriend }.map { person in person.name }
> 

I said in the email that => is too visually heavy for this role.

Here's something lighter, although I'm still not satisfied with it, and not seriously suggesting it:

	let names = people.map ~ person { person.name }

Or even:

	let names = people.map \person { person.name }

However, I'm really struggling to find anything that I actually like here. This may be one of those cases where we dislike what's there and explore a bunch of options, only to find out that the current thing actually is the least bad alternative after all.

-- 
Brent Royal-Gordon
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