This chapter deals with more in-depth properties of function objects. Knowledge of these special features is not necessary for the first steps with MM-Talk.
Function objects are objects that describe functions and can be passed as parameters to other functions or macros. MM-Talk contains a number of functions that expect not only data but also functional parameters, in particular list functions and the MapZtime series function.
There are two constructs in MM-Talk that can create function objects:
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All defined functions and macros can be used as function objects.
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New, anonymous macro definitions can be created directly in the formula text.