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I've never seen IMMUTABLE used to describe a function before... Wouldn't PURE (a la Rust) be less confusing?
by alexatkeplar 13y ago
I've never seen IMMUTABLE used to describe a function before... Wouldn't PURE (a la Rust) be less confusing?
- portmanteaufu 13y agofyi, I believe that the 'pure' keyword has been removed in recent releases of Rust.
- alexatkeplar 13y agoOh really! Is there a discussion somewhere as to why? It seemed (from the outside) like a neat idea for any language which supports mutable as well as immutable variables...
- mercurial 13y agoCan't find the original thread, but you'll find [1] interesting. 1: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-January/002903.html https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-January/002...
- alexatkeplar 13y agoWow that was very interesting indeed, thanks.