[ioke-user] Re: Blocks

[Ola Bini <ola.bini@gmail.com>]

Martin Dobmeier wrote:
>     > Ok, I see. May I ask though why it doesn't make sense to you?
>     Because it's not a correct usage. If I do this:
>
>      x = fn(v, v+42)
>      y(x(123))
>
>     the second line will call x and send the result to y. If I make
>     lexical
>     blocks fully non-activatable, the above would send the x-block to y,
>     while throwing away the 123 parameter to x without touching the
>     code. So
>     it is dead code and you would never write code like that in Ioke. The
>     same is true for referring to something that is inherently not
>     activatable:
>
>      x = 42
>      y(x(25))
>
>     this is nonsensical. You can do it, but it's deliberately obscured
>     code,
>     since the 25 argument to x is actually not used. That is what I mean
>     that it doesn't make sense to me.
>
>
> Thanks for clarifying that. Maybe that should be mentioned in the 
> programming guide? I could try to write one or two sentences on that 
> matter if you don't mind ...
Please go ahead!

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