Re: Why introduce the lazy keyword?

> Todor Boev wrote:
>> As the title says: why introduce another keyword when there already
>> exists a lazy mechanism for the
>> method parameters?
>>
>> def foo(lazy: => Int)
>
> Because that is not lazy, that is by name:
>
> scala> def f(byName: => Int) = { byName + byName }
> f: (=> Int)Int
>
> scala> f({println("Foo"); 2})
> Foo
> Foo
> res20: Int = 4
>
> scala> lazy val g = { println("Bar"); 2 }
> Bar
> g: Int = 2
>
> scala> g + g
> res21: Int = 4
>
> - Florian
>