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Functions

You can define functions at the top level like so:

fun f(x: Int, y: String) -> Int {
    # code
    5;
}

The value returned by the last statement in the function body is returned by the function.

Functions in Kima are first-class objects. This means they can be treated just like any other value; assigned to variables, passed into other functions or returned from functions.

You can define functions just like any other value as well.

let f = fun(x: Int) -> Int { x + 1; }

For a function defined locally like this, Kima can infer the return type so you can skip declaring that.

let f = fun(x: Int) { x + 1; }

and Kima will still infer f: (Int) -> Int