Top "Anonymous-function" questions

Anonymous functions use a block of code as a value, defining it as an inline function without a name.

Why use anonymous function?

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How can I access local variables from inside a C++11 anonymous function?

I'm doing a simple normalization on a vector (weights), trying to make use of STL algorithms to make the code …

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Anonymous class instance ---- is it a bad idea?

In ES6 we can do anonymous class: var entity = class { } But we can also instantiate it: var entity = new class { …

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Return value from anonymous function postgresql

How to? For easy example. I have a simple function: DO LANGUAGE plpgsql $$ DECLARE BEGIN EXECUTE 'SELECT NOW()'; END $$; …

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How to pass two anonymous functions as arguments in CoffeScript?

I want to pass two anonymous functions as arguments for jQuery's hover, like so: $('element').hover( function() { // do stuff on …

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What does this "(function(){});", a function inside brackets, mean in javascript?

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How does a function in a loop (which returns another function) work?

I've been trying to assign a function to onclick event of a dynamically created "a" tag in JavaScript. All of …

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How to call a method n times in Scala?

I have a case where I want to call a method n times, where n is an Int. Is there …

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Python: pass statement in lambda form

A Python newbie question, why is this syntax invalid: lambda: pass, while this: def f(): pass is correct? Thanks for …

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Ruby: Can lambda function parameters have default values?

I want to do something similar to this: def creator() return lambda { |arg1, arg2 = nil| puts arg1 if(arg2 != nil) …

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