Not sure I like implicit capture more than explicit capture but there's [=] if you need it. Also, the return value as the article mentions is optional, so most

Not sure I like implicit capture more than explicit capture but there's [=] if you need it. Also, the return value as the article mentions is optional, so most lambdas look like const auto nestedfunc = [=](a,b) { /* */ }; Which isn't that much different to me than { /* some scope */ function nestedfunc(a,b) { /* */ } } const and auto are needed but because it's C++. Beyond that, you have an equals sign which is needed here but [=] which is three characters. Again, small differences, not sure why it looks that much worse.