A pure function is a specific kind of value-producing function that not

only has no side effects but also doesnt rely on side effects from other
codefor example, it doesnt read global variables that are occasionally
changed by other code. A pure function has the pleasant property that,
when called with the same arguments, it always produces the same value
(and doesnt do anything else). This makes it easy to reason about. A
call to such a function can be mentally substituted by its result, without
changing the meaning of the code. When you are not sure that a pure
function is working correctly, you can test it by simply calling it, and
know that if it works in that context, it will work in any context. Non-
pure functions might return different values based on all kinds of factors
and have side effects that might be hard to test and think about.