Lambdas

Lambda (anonymous) functions may appear in expressions as:

@(a:A, b:B) -> C {
  c:C;
  // do something
  return c;
}

The type of such a lambda is @(A, B) -> C. It is possible to declare a variable of this function type:

f:@(A, B) -> C;

to assign values to it:

f <- @(a:A, b:B) -> C {
      c:C;
      // do something
      return c;
  };

and to call it:

f(a, b);

Functions can accept lambdas as arguments. Such a function may be declared:

function g(f:@(a:A, b:B) -> C) -> D {
  d:D;
  // do something
  return d;
}

and be called with:

g(@(a:A, b:B) -> C {
      c:C;
      // do something
      return c;
    });

or, if the lambda was previously assigned to a variable f:@(a:A, b:B) -> C as above:

  g(f);