Concept: functions #715
Concept: functions #715
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concepts/functions/introduction.md
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| There is no difference between the two styles. |
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Should we recommend the portable syntax?
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My personal preference, based on my time in the IRC channel, is for the portable version.
Mentioning two approaches without any suggestion in one direction or the other can leave someone new to the syntax a bit ... confused/adrift about which to use.
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My personal preference, based on my time in the IRC channel, is for the portable version.
Mentioning two approaches without any suggestion in one direction or the other can leave someone new to the syntax a bit ... confused/adrift about which to use.
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| ## Return Value |
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A function call has one return value. A function can have many calls and many return values.
A function variable has one name and one value (at any given time).
It feels very odd to me for them to be inconsistent.
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No recursion limit ... but factorials would overflow pretty quickly 😄
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Regarding the 2 ways to define a function, I simply removed one of them. Frustratingly even the google shell style guide mixes the styles. |
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