lambda.lua

Terse lambda definitions for Lua. Best used in combination with underscore.lua.
Attention: functions defined in this fashion cannot access the lexical scope in which they are defined.

Usage

Define your lambda functions like this:

l = require("lambda")
add = l("(a,b) -> a+b")
add(1,2)
=> 3

Support for variable numbers of arguments:

l("(...) -> arg.n")(1,2,3,4)
=> 4

Use it with my fork of underscore.lua for extra awesome:

_ = require("underscore")
l = require("lambda")
add = l("(...) -> _(arg):chain():pluck_all():map(_.sum):value()")

local vector1 = {100, 50, 20}
local vector2 = {20, 20, 0}
add(vector1, vector2)
=> {120, 70, 20}

Accessing scope outside of the lambda won't work:

local myvar = "outer scope"
l("() -> myvar")()
=> nil