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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 </div>
<div>"Just because it felt good."</div>
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<div>_ Jim</div>
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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"> what purpose does requiring the keyword “func” 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> someFunction() {</p>
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someFunctionThatTakesAClosure<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">() {</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo">}</p>
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<div>-david </div>
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