"Arnaud Delobelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Lambda can actually be safely removed from python and no other | > features would be missing. It is always possible to create a def | > version of any lambda, so lambda is useless. It is just a convenience | > for the times where we're just too lazy to invent a name and find a | > place to place the def, instead just inlining the function. | | Note that the same thing can be said about generator expressions, | which are nothing more than anonymous, non-reusable, generator | functions.
Right. So if someone posted on genexp confusion, I would suggest 'write a full generator function'. | Instead these were _added_ to the language! As a convenience. Actually, if one uses more that one for-clause in a generator expression, there is a potential gotcha in relation to name capture. So if that bites, the genexp is not so much a convenience, and one might better write the full function. tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
