Scala underscore minimal function

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For the record, a.map(_) does not work because it stands for x => a.map(x), and not a.map(x => x). This happens because a single _ in place of a parameter stands for a partially applied function. In the case of 2*_, that stands for an anonymous function. These two uses are so close that is very common to get confused by them.

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