@nestedsoftware
: an unevaluated function body is one way to have a thunk in JS, but the concept of a thunk is more general than that. In essence, a thunk is a piece of unevaluated (i.e. lazy) code, which can optionally be evaluated as needed if it turns out the result is going to be used.
You may be interested in my article Thunks in Redux: the Basics.
@nestedsoftware : an unevaluated function body is one way to have a thunk in JS, but the concept of a thunk is more general than that. In essence, a thunk is a piece of unevaluated (i.e. lazy) code, which can optionally be evaluated as needed if it turns out the result is going to be used.
Thanks Gabriel, that article looks really good!