Proposal: Functions

[bigyihsuan]

Proposed Syntax:

ʢ name ʡ ʕ code ʔ
EITHER
( name ) { code }

Calling a Function:

h name ɥ
EITHER
[ name ]

IPA approach

• Pros: In line with the current control flow structures, has a theme (laryngeals)
• Cons: More IPA to type, hard to distinguish with no whitespace

Bracket approach

• Pros: Easy to read with no whitespace, easy to type
• Cons: Not particularly IPA-ish except for [].

[lyxal]

Personally, I think both should be supported. That way, those who want readability can use brackets and those who want to embrace the IPA paradigm can use the IPA symbols.

[bigyihsuan]

Problem with having both is that it'd be possible to mix the two, depending on the implementation, which doesn't seem right to me.

[lyxal]

In that case, use the IPA symbols

[bigyihsuan]

Because GitHub isn't updating the OP:

Proposed Syntax:

ʢ name ʡʕ code ʔ

Characters between the ʡʕ are ignored. Whitespace in either field will be stripped. Declaring functions in functions is possible.

Calling a Function:

{name}

Examples:

ʢ1*2+3ʡʕtθʔAAB{1*2+3}
ʢ1-2/3ʡʕðdʔ[1234][AB][CD]{1-2/3} ; using the number literals in issue #5 

[lyxal]

I like that. That's a good syntax for functions