Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> writes: > 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.
I agree; I think writing "lambda" is better than using the symbol. The symbol is cute, but writing "lambda" is less surprising. -- Chris
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