On 06/07/10 05:54, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:27:43 +1000 > Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In the most naive uses, map appears to have no advantage over list >> comprehension; but one thing that map can do that list comprehension >> still can't do without a walk around the park: >> >> def foo(func, args): >> g = lambda x: x+1 >> return [func(g, x) for x in args] >> >> foo(map, [[4, 6, 3], [6, 3, 2], [1, 3, 5]]) > > foo = lambda x: [y + 1 for y in x] > [foo(x) for x in [[4, 6, 3], [6, 3, 2], [1, 3, 5]]] > > Didn't seem like such a long walk. >
that's because you're simplifying the problem, the correct walk is: def foo(func, args): g = lambda x: x+1 return [func(g, x) for x in args] foo((lambda g, a: [g(x) for x in a]), [[4, 6, 3], [6, 3, 2], [1, 3, 5]]) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list