While I agree with your points, doSomething () -> 'hello' just isn't valid code. Is valid code. Not that you'd ever actually want to use it: coffee>

While I agree with your points, doSomething () -> 'hello' just isn't valid code. Is valid code. Not that you'd ever actually want to use it: coffee> doSomething = (fn) -> if fn then fn() else (-> 'hi') doSomething = (fn) -> if fn then fn() else (-> 'hi') [Function] coffee> doSomething() -> 'hello' doSomething() -> 'hello' 'hi' coffee> doSomething () -> 'hello' doSomething () -> 'hello' 'hello'