Fruitful functions! (Function reporters)

AwesomeManJesse

As it is right now, custom blocks a.k.a. functions are void (don’t produce a result) unless explicitly programmed to set a variable to the result, and must be defined before that result is used. eg:

when I receive [what’s that length v]
get length of [word]::custom stack // I’m aware that there is a reporter for the length of a text input, this is just an example
say (join [the length of that is] (length)) for (2) secs
define get length of (word)
. . .

So if fruitful (reporter) functions (functions that produce a result) were implemented, it could look more like this:

when I receive [what’s that length v]
say (join [the length of that is] (length of [word]::custom)) for (2) secs
define (length of (word::custom-arg)::custom)
do {
. . .
} return (length)::custom

And for this purpose, there should be temporary variables that only exist within the function.

Feedback please!

Last edited by AwesomeManJesse (May 17, 2019 02:43:18)

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awesome5185

Sorry I'm a little confused. The ‘variables’ inside the custom blocks are already tempory.

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awesome5185

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AwesomeManJesse

awesome5185 wrote:
Sorry I'm a little confused.

Sorry if I was unclear.

awesome5185 wrote:
The ‘variables’ inside the custom blocks are already tempory.

Do you mean the arguments passed to the custom block? Because yes, they are temporary.
I mean the variables used within the custom block to produce the output, eg.

define (function of (argument::custom-arg))
do {
set [temporary v] to (. . .)
} return (temporary)::custom

It depends on the implementation, the variables don't have to be temporary.
Actually, now that I think about it, it wouldn't make sense to have temporary variables within the definition (in most cases) after all.

Depends what the people think!

Last edited by AwesomeManJesse (May 17, 2019 07:40:08)

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If I haven't done it before, I would gladly give it a go anyways!

Paddle2See

It looks like this is a duplicate topic of this one over here so I'll close it to keep the conversation all in one place.

Please use the existing topic in the link above.

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