Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The example I quoted used an assignment expression inside a > lambda. The person who posted it,
That was me. > and the person who followed it up > with the setattr alternative, both didn't notice that the assignment > expression wasn't valid Python. Ugh. No, I hadn't noticed it. Thanks for pointing it out. I don't use lambdas much. In fact, the only time I ever do use them is for an assertRaises unit test. I've always thought that "assignment is a statement not an expression" was one of Python's warts, and this is just another example of why it is. Of course, "lambda isn't just a def body" is a wart too :-) > However, my post came out sounding > grumpier than I intended ;). Actually, I hadn't noticed that either. :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
