Ask HN: Which function definition keyword do you prefer, def or fn?
1•winwang•6mo ago
I'm curious about what people think of `def` vs `fn`, two short keywords for starting function definitions.
...Or maybe we should subscribe to the church of `df`, haha.
Comments
sitkack•6mo ago
def could be for lots of things, fn is for functions. I don't think it matters much as long as you have one. C would have been so much easier to parse. Just copy Zig or Rust.
butlersean•6mo ago
def means define, could be used to define all kinds of things
fn isnt a legitimate short form of function
fun doesnt work because of the amusement factor
func is the only alternative we have left
sitkack•6mo ago
How about unicode or emojis?
These don't have the full fidelity as hn scrubs emojis
sitkack•6mo ago
butlersean•6mo ago
fn isnt a legitimate short form of function
fun doesnt work because of the amusement factor
func is the only alternative we have left
sitkack•6mo ago
These don't have the full fidelity as hn scrubs emojis
add = (a, b) -> a + b
a, b ⟹ a + b
λ add(a, b): ↪ a + b