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A '''user-defined function''' (or '''tradfn''', pronounced "trad fun", for "traditional function", in [[Dyalog APL]]) is a function defined using a header that includes the function's name. Introduced in [[APL\360]], function definition was universally supported by APL dialects for much of the language's history, and is still commonly used in mainstream APLs. Since the 1990s other ways to [[Function styles|describe functions]] have appeared, with [[J]] and [[K]] rejecting function definition in favor of [[anonymous function]] description.
A '''user-defined function''' (or '''tradfn''', pronounced "trad fun", for "traditional function", in [[Dyalog APL]]) is a function defined using a header that includes the function's name. Introduced in [[APL\360]], function definition was universally supported by APL dialects for much of the language's history, and is still commonly used in mainstream APLs. Since the 1990s other ways to [[Function styles|describe functions]] have appeared, with [[J]] and [[K]] rejecting function definition in favor of [[anonymous function]] description.


The canonical representation form is equivalent to what the user would type into the [[line editor]] to define the function. An alternative representation consists of the entire [[session]] log transcript, including [[Del]]s (<source lang=apl inline>∇</source>) and line numbers, after having such a definition has been made.
{{Anchor|Representations}}The canonical representation form is equivalent to what the user would type into the [[line editor]] to define the function. An alternative representation consists of the entire [[session]] log transcript, including [[Del]]s (<source lang=apl inline>∇</source>) and line numbers, after having such a definition has been made.


Beginning in the 2010s [[Dyalog]]-based APL dialects including [[ngn/apl]], [[dzaima/APL]], and [[APL\iv]] have removed function definition in favor of [[dfn]]s. Wikipedia has a comparison of [[Wikipedia:Direct_function#Dfns_versus_tradfns|dfns versus tradfns]].
Beginning in the 2010s [[Dyalog]]-based APL dialects including [[ngn/apl]], [[dzaima/APL]], and [[APL\iv]] have removed function definition in favor of [[dfn]]s. Wikipedia has a comparison of [[Wikipedia:Direct_function#Dfns_versus_tradfns|dfns versus tradfns]].

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