A Beginner's Guide to Scala, Object Orientation and Functional Programming by John Hunt

Author:John Hunt
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

The plusTwoS definition is a shorthand form where the second parameter list is replaced by the underbar (‘_’) placeholder.

The plusTwoRS is the real shorthand form where the parameter type of the newly created function is also inferred.

24.3.4 Building Domain-Specific Languages

If you need to create a framework to be used by Scala programmers, but want to provide a flexible way to configure that framework and allow the developers to view the end results as merely part of the Scala environment, then Currying has many advantages.

For example, the use of Currying allows you to build new language structures based on multiple argument lists. For example you can then exploit the ‘{}’ syntax for a single parameter. If this parameter is itself a function, the end result is a construct that looks like a language feature:

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