According to the documentation , all this keyword does is create a lambda and insert it as the first argument of function call before it. This task could be accomplished with a macro with very similar syntax: @do map(coll) x -> x^2 I wanted to know the reason behind integrating this feature into th…

Why do we need the `do` keyword?

oxinabox March 23, 2019, 2:06pm 6

So it’s an ergonomic feature.

Correct.

I didn’t know about these use cases since I’m new to julia. Thanks for clarification.

You’re welcome

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