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A comment on Dave Herman’s contributions to Rust. Parent comment

Re:Dave Herman’s contributions to Rust by ZoomZoomZoom on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:20AM (#27025404)
> But foo(x : int) is a string!

Can you say so decisively for a language with first-class functions?

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Re:Dave Herman’s contributions to Rust by willtim on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:34AM (#27026402)
You are quoting me out of context. In many languages, the term and/or pattern foo(x : int) is a string, if foo : int -> string.
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