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Re: Using 'λ'
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Efraim Flashner |
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Re: Using 'λ' |
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Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:04:53 +0300 |
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 04:51:48PM +0800, Alex Vong wrote:
> Hello guix,
>
> Should we allow the use of 'λ' in guix? I think we have discussed it
> before, but I forget why it was rejected. Running 'rgrep' on source
> shows 7 uses of it. I think it is syntactically more pleasant and it
> encourges the use of short functions (at least for me!).
>
I know it's lambda, but to me it's like the ⓒ symbol. When I need to use
it I have to copy-paste it from somewhere else. I'm guessing as others
have mentioned, if you didn't recognize the Greek letter or come in
knowing some lisp then it's a wierd symbol that makes it harder to read
the source.
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