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		blutoot on June 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Swift Programming Language What is the advantage of "func funcName() -> returnType{ }" over "returnType funcName(){ }"?

kaonashi on June 3, 2014 [–]

When your function returns a function, it's cleaner.

func funcName() -> Int -> String { return { (i: Int) -> String in return i.toString() } }

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