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		jolux on June 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scripting with Elixir you can define functions outside of a module using fn blocks

throwawaymaths on June 12, 2023 | [–]

There's good odds it will come to elixir, since support just landed in Erlang

erszcz on June 13, 2023 | | [–]

To be specific, it has landed in the Erlang shell with Erlang/OTP 26. Defining inline functions in source code, on the other hand, has been possible for years (like 20+ years).

skndr on June 12, 2023 | [–]

There's also defining a module and then `import`ing it.

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