R help - Dec 2021 - Fwd: alternative way to define a function

By reading some code today I have just discovered an alternative way to
define a function:
f <- \(x, y) x * y

Is that exactly the same as:
f <- function(x,y) x * y
?

Is there any benefit to the first or second way to define a function?

Regards
Martin

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On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:23:27 +0100
Martin M?ller Skarbiniks Pedersen <traxplayer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is that exactly the same as:
> f <- function(x,y) x * y
> ?
> 
> Is there any benefit to the first or second way to define a function?
The \(arguments) syntax has been introduced in R 4.1.0:
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/NEWS.html (search for
"\(x)"). It is the same as function(arguments).

The only benefit is slightly less typing; could be useful if you use
the native R pipe (also introduced in R 4.1.0, search for "|>") and
want to call an anonymous function in the right-hand side of the pipe.

-- 
Best regards,
Ivan