On Sep 5, 10:34 pm, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > Adam Skutt wrote: > > On Sep 5, 11:29 am, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > >> This is a pointless replacement for 'def b(x): return x+a' > > > And? That has nothing to do with anything I was saying whatsoever. > > Agreed. However, posts are read by newbies. > Posts that promote bad habits are fair game for comment. There's nothing inappropriate about using a lambda for a function I don't care to give a name. That's the entire reason they exist.
> The idea that Python has 'lambda objects' had caused no end of mischief > over the years. As near as I can tell, this is because you're insisting on creating a semantic distinction where there just isn't one. Adam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
