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January 14, 2019 14:52
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Kotlin's lambda as a last parameter + varargs + higher order function
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typealias Operator = (Int, Int) -> Int | |
fun reduce(zero: Int, vararg xs: Int): ((Operator) -> Int) { | |
var acc = zero | |
fun reductor(op: Operator): Int { | |
xs.forEach { acc = op(acc, it)} | |
return acc | |
} | |
return { reductor(it) } | |
} | |
/** | |
* According to https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/lambdas.html#passing-a-lambda-to-the-last-parameter | |
* we should be able to omit the parentheses, but the `vargargs` seem to confuse the parser. | |
* | |
* Is this expected behaviour? | |
*/ | |
val ok = reduce(1, 2, 3, 4)({ x, y -> x + y }) | |
val alsoOk = (reduce(1, 2, 3, 4)) { x, y -> x + y } | |
val notOk = reduce(1, 2, 3, 4) { x, y -> x + y } // Error:(13, 31) Passing value as a vararg is only allowed inside a parenthesized argument list |
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