How can I define an anonymous generic Scala function?

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Published on 2010-03-31T16:09:30Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 16:13 UTC
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Let's say I have this:

val myAnon:(Option[String],String):String = (a:Option[String],def:String) => {
   return a.getOrElse(def)
}

Don't mind what the function does. Is there anyway of making it generic, so I can have an Option[T]?

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