By replacing formal function definitions with anonymous functions, you simplify code.

通过用匿名函数来替换正式函数定义，您可简化代码。

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The effect is altogether lighter and freer than what achieved in stone, but because both perform the same function, formal wooden and metal statues still display frontality.

比起由石头所制成的雕像，木质雕像和金属雕像总体感觉更加轻巧和灵活，但是因为都有相同的功能，这两种正式的雕像仍然采用了“正面描绘”的展现手法。

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One very important question to ask about any template function, not just about STL algorithms, is what the set of types is that may correctly be substituted for the formal template parameters.

一个非常重要的问题是询问模板函数，这些形式上的模板参数会被类型集合正确的取代，而不仅仅是STL算法。

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And this defines formal parameters of this function. Yup.

带有其它变量的括弧,这就是函数的形参。

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