Why don't property setters use lambda syntax? I im...

# language-evolution

[Hullaballoonatic]

Why don't property setters use lambda syntax? I imagine it was considered and decided against:

var foo = 6
    set {
        println("setting foo to $it")
        field = it
    }

var foo = 6
    set { num ->
        println("this is maybe more tedious")
        field = num
    }

[raulraja]

My guess is that it encourages nameless parameters in a potentially public property but your proposed syntax looks really nice 🙂

[elizarov]

Now you should ask the same question about functions, shoudn't you?