On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Thomas Jollans <t...@jollybox.de> wrote:
> On 19/07/11 00:33, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > > >> Dave Angel wrote: > >>> On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > >>>> def makeadder(y) > >>>> def _add(x): return x+y > >>>> add2 = makeadder(2) > >>> > >>> A couple of typos in that code: > >>> > >>> def makeaddr(y): > >>> def _add(x): return x+y > >>> return _add > >> > >> I agree about the `return' statement, but not about the factory name; > this > >> has nothing to do with addresses (addr). > > > > Supplemental: The above can be simplified to > > > > def makeadder(y): return lambda x: x + y > > > > In turn: > > makeadder = lambda y: lambda x: x + y > > Smells of Haskell. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > Hi All, Thanks guys for the reply. I now understand something. Since Im a newbie, let me read over and over so that I will get the complete picture of everyone's idea. :-) Regards, Kurian Thayil.
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