"Egor Bolonev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > why functions created with lambda forms cannot contain statements?
Because lambda was only ever intended to be an inline abbreviation of simple one-use functions whose body consists of 'return <expression>'. It is clear to me that the word 'lambda' was a mistake since it engenders expectations of more than that from too many people, such as you. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
