[[Proposa]] Nested functions

[ma...@lamarciana.com]

I don't know what would be the cost of it during compilation time or how difficult would be to implement it, but at first sight I think it could be a nice idea to allow defining functions inside other function bodies. Just like in Scala (https://www.scala-lang.org/old/node/116.html), nested functions would be in scope only for parent functions.

I think it would improve readability to be able to encapsulate those "def do_work" functions within its related "def work" function. Maybe, to avoid crazy things, we could limit the allowed nesting deep to just 2.

[Andrea Leopardi]

You can achieve this today by using anonymous functions and calling them if you do not want to use a defp.

On Wed, 2 Aug 2017 at 09:03, <ma...@lamarciana.com> wrote:

I don't know what would be the cost of it during compilation time or how difficult would be to implement it, but at first sight I think it could be a nice idea to allow defining functions inside other function bodies. Just like in Scala (https://www.scala-lang.org/old/node/116.html), nested functions would be in scope only for parent functions.

I think it would improve readability to be able to encapsulate those "def do_work" functions within its related "def work" function. Maybe, to avoid crazy things, we could limit the allowed nesting deep to just 2.

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[ma...@lamarciana.com]

Yes, but there is a limitation because the anonymous function have to be defined before its invocation, being less readable that scoped functions, in my view :)