Re: Short function definition syntax; thoughts on Lua (was Re: [ANN] GSL Shell new beta release...)

[Tomas Guisasola Gorham <tomas@...>]

> We might as well go for the traditional lambda notation :-)
> 	\x,y,z.x+y*z
>
> With mandatory parentheses, this is amenable to token filtering...
> 	\x,y,z.(x+y*z)

	I don't think these forms are easier to read than the current:

function (x, y, z) return x + y * z end

	Although shorter, I don't think it is worth adding this notation.
		Tomás