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# Lambda discard parameters
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## Summary
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Allow discards (`_`) to be used as parameters of lambdas and anonymous methods.
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For example:
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- lambdas: `(_, _) => 0`, `(int _, int _) => 0`
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- anonymous methods: `delegate(int _, int _) { return 0; }`
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## Motivation
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Unused parameters do not need to be named. The intent of discards is clear, i.e. they are unused/discarded.
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## Detailed design
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[Method parameters](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/spec/classes.md#method-parameters)
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In the parameter list of a lambda or anonymous method with more than one parameter named `_`, such parameters are discard parameters.
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Note: if a single parameter is named `_` then it is a regular parameter for backwards compatibility reasons.
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Discard parameters do not introduce any names to any scopes.
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Note this implies they do not cause any `_` (underscore) names to be hidden.
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[Simple names](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/spec/expressions.md#simple-names)
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If `K` is zero and the *simple_name* appears within a *block* and if the *block*'s (or an enclosing *block*'s) local variable declaration space ([Declarations](basic-concepts.md#declarations)) contains a local variable, parameter (with the exception of discard parameters) or constant with name `I`, then the *simple_name* refers to that local variable, parameter or constant and is classified as a variable or value.
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[Scopes](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/spec/basic-concepts.md#scopes)
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With the exception of discard parameters, the scope of a parameter declared in a *lambda_expression* ([Anonymous function expressions](expressions.md#anonymous-function-expressions)) is the *anonymous_function_body* of that *lambda_expression*
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With the exception of discard parameters, the scope of a parameter declared in an *anonymous_method_expression* ([Anonymous function expressions](expressions.md#anonymous-function-expressions)) is the *block* of that *anonymous_method_expression*.
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## Related spec sections
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- [Corresponding parameters](https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/master/spec/expressions.md#corresponding-parameters)
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