F# explicit match vs function syntax

Question

Sorry about the vague title, but part of this question is what these two syntax styles are called:

let foo1 x = 
    match x with
    | 1 -> \"one\"
    |         


        

Answer 1

This is an old question but I will throw my $0.02.

In general I like better the match version since I come from the Python world where "explicit is better than implicit."

Of course if type information on the parameter is needed the function version cannot be used.

OTOH I like the argument made by Stringer so I will start to use function in simple lambdas.