Lexical closures and lambdas

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Make stuff like this possible:



functiontype counter : -> integer count

count_from : integer start -> counter ret = lambda(count = ++start)

entrypoint :
{
    counter alpha = count_from(0)
    counter beta  = count_from(100)

    print(alpha())   // Prints 1
    print(alpha())   // Prints 2
    print(beta())    // Prints 101
}


While we're on the subject, come up with a better syntax for defining function 
signatures (i.e. the "functiontype" cruft above).

As a matter of fact, the whole thing could use some polishing and mulling over.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 15 Feb 2012 at 8:30

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function counter = : -> integer count
function add = integer a, integer b - > integer c

entrypoint:
{
    integer start = 100
    add adder = lambda { c = a * b }
    counter = lambda { count = ++start }

    print(counter()) //prints 101
    print(adder(1, 5)) //prints 5
    print(adder(counter(), counter()); //prints 205
}

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Feb 2012 at 8:48