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<div>Hi David,</div>
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<div>Thanks for nailing that one!</div>
<div>I have to start teaching Swift in a bit and really wanting an answer other that&nbsp;</div>
<div>&quot;Just because it felt good.&quot;</div>
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<div>_ Jim</div>
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From: David Turnbull &lt;<a dir="ltr" href="mailto:dturnbull@gmail.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">dturnbull@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:03 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [swift-users] Question out of curiosity: why &quot;func&quot;<br>
To: Jim Malak &lt;<a dir="ltr" href="mailto:jim.malak@beryle-lee.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5">jim.malak@beryle-lee.com</a>&gt;<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:25 AM, Jim Malak via swift-users <span dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">&nbsp;what purpose does requiring the keyword &#8220;func&#8221; serve when defining or decaling a function in Swift.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo"><span style="color:rgb(187,44,162)">func</span>&nbsp;someFunction() {</p>
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someFunctionThatTakesAClosure<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">() {</span></p>
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<div>-david&nbsp;</div>
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