Should Pure Functions Require &
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- Subject: [mg29723] Should Pure Functions Require &
- From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 18:43:41 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I stated wondering if all would work well if pure functions didn't require & at the end. I am thinking it would be great if a future version of Mathematica would make the use of & optional. So for example we could use Select[data, #!=0] instead of Select[data, #!=0&] and we could use #^2 /@expr instead of #^2& /@expr I would want to have pure functions ending with & optional rather than prohibited for backward compatibility. Wouldn't life be better if we didn't have to use &. Is there a reason why my suggestion would not work? Regards, Ted Ersek Download Mathematica tips, tricks from http://www.verbeia.com/mathematica/tips/Tricks.html