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| author | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-07-18 17:53:37 -0400 |
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| committer | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-07-18 17:53:37 -0400 |
| commit | 7e0e38bd155fab76fa3b6776f9184611d044903d (patch) | |
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Finish lexical scope documentation
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diff --git a/docs/doc/embed.html b/docs/doc/embed.html index de7709ca..4b4e0365 100644 --- a/docs/doc/embed.html +++ b/docs/doc/embed.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <p>Probably you can figure out the easy things like calling <code><span class='Value'>bqn</span><span class='Paren'>(</span><span class='String'>"×´1+↕6"</span><span class='Paren'>)</span></code> to compute six factorial. But how do you get JS and BQN to <em>talk</em> to each other, for example to compute the factorial of a number <code><span class='Value'>n</span></code>? Constructing a source string with <code><span class='Value'>bqn</span><span class='Paren'>(</span><span class='String'>"×´1+↕"</span><span class='Function'>+</span><span class='Value'>n</span><span class='Paren'>)</span></code> isn't the best way—in fact I would recommend you never use this strategy.</p> <p>Instead, return a function from BQN and call it: <code><span class='Value'>bqn</span><span class='Paren'>(</span><span class='String'>"{×´1+↕𝕩}"</span><span class='Paren'>)(</span><span class='Value'>n</span><span class='Paren'>)</span></code>. This strategy also has the advantage that you can store the function, so that it will only be compiled once. Define <code><span class='Value'>let</span> <span class='Value'>fact</span> <span class='Function'>=</span> <span class='Value'>bqn</span><span class='Paren'>(</span><span class='String'>"{×´1+↕𝕩}"</span><span class='Paren'>)</span><span class='Value'>;</span></code> at the top of your program and use it as a function elsewhere.</p> <p>BQN can also call JS functions, to use functionality that isn't native to BQN or interact with a program written in JS. For example, <code><span class='Value'>bqn</span><span class='Paren'>(</span><span class='String'>"{𝕏'a'+↕26}"</span><span class='Paren'>)(</span><span class='Value'>alert</span><span class='Paren'>)</span></code> calls the argument <code><span class='Value'>alert</span></code> from within BQN. The displayed output isn't quite right here, because a BQN string is stored as a JS array, not a string. See the next section for more information.</p> -<p>Cool, but none of these examples really use closures, just self-contained functions. Closures are functions that use outside state, which is maintained over the course of the program. Here's an example program that defines <code><span class='Value'>i</span></code> and then returns a function that manipulates <code><span class='Value'>i</span></code> and returns its new value.</p> +<p>Cool, but none of these examples really use closures, just self-contained functions. <a href="lexical.html#closures">Closures</a> are functions that use outside state, which is maintained over the course of the program. Here's an example program that defines <code><span class='Value'>i</span></code> and then returns a function that manipulates <code><span class='Value'>i</span></code> and returns its new value.</p> <pre><span class='Value'>let</span> <span class='Value'>push</span> <span class='Function'>=</span> <span class='Value'>bqn</span><span class='Paren'>(</span><span class='Modifier'>`</span> <span class='Value'>i</span><span class='Gets'>←</span><span class='Number'>4</span><span class='Function'>⥊</span><span class='Number'>0</span> <span class='Brace'>{</span><span class='Value'>i</span><span class='Function'>+</span><span class='Gets'>↩</span><span class='Value'>𝕩</span><span class='Function'>»</span><span class='Value'>i</span><span class='Brace'>}</span> |