Lambda syntax puzzler

[Zhong Yu]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Stuart Marks <stuart.marks at oracle.com> wrote:
> Either that, or make lambda formal parameters implicitly final. I've always

That is apparently a good idea with no objections; how come EG isn't
adopting it? what are the concerns?

> hated code that mutated its parameters anyway.
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> s'marks
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> On 10/12/13 6:50 AM, Samir Talwar wrote:
>> :-D
>>
>> Now that traditional C-style `for` loops are a thing of the past, I think
>> we should expunge the increment and decrement operators from the language.
>> Python had the right idea.
>>
>> — Samir.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sure that people of this list will be able to see the beauty of the
>>> following code produced by one of my students.
>>>     IntPredicate p = i -> i --> 0;
>>>
>>> Rémi
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>>>
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