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On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 15:43:33 +0100, BartC <bc@freeuk.com> declaimed the
following:

>
>   fn         # and other kinds of expression
>
>unless some keyword is used. (I've no idea what that might be; all the 
>best ones are taken. But I've already said a keyword can be emulated via 
>a dummy function call.)

	And the cost would be that we'd lose the interactive mode output

>>> def junk():
... 	pass
... 
>>> t = junk
>>> t
<function junk at 0x00000000044C0198>
>>> 

	That IS the return value of the uncalled function, which is thrown out
in script mode.

	It is no different from invoking a function that returns a value, and
not having a LHS to receive the value...

>>> def junk2():
... 	return "Who cares"
... 
>>> junk2()
'Who cares'
>>> 

	In a script file, both result in no output, and the return value is
discarded silently.


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