"Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote in message news:gmclr4$2q3...@digitalmars.com... > BCS wrote: >> Hello bearophile, >> >>> I've taken a look at the syntax for lambda in other C-like languages. >>> This is from Functional Java: >>> http://functionaljava.org/examples#Array.filter >>> >>> In Functional Java you can write this D syntax: >>> (int i, int j) { return i % 3 == j; } >>> as: >>> { int i, int j => i % 3 == j } >> >> That syntax, and a few of the below, show the one major gripe I have with >> ultra-compact lambdas: it's hard to *quickly* spot the args/code >> transition. > > Strings are immune from the problem. :o) Also they make for readily > recognizable code because they all use the same argument names. > > Andrei
I would be all for the string-style, *if* things like the following were fixed: int foo1(int i) { /*stuff*/ } void bar(int[] ints) { int foo2(int i) { /*stuff*/ } auto x = ints.map!("foo1(a)+foo2(a)")(); }