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[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 65 points 3 days ago

5 isn't a valid function name, is obviously the right answer.

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

How can you be sure it's not defined when we only see one line?

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They didn't say it's not defined, they said it's not a valid name. Most languages don't allow function names to start with a number, so 5 literally cannot be a function if that's the case.

But that's assuming this isn't some really obscure language.

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It could be a Church Numeral

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Depends on the language.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure that's a module operator...

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