On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris said : > > "I think map is fine if you can use a named function, but if you can't > come up with a descriptive name for what you're doing, a comprehension > is probably better (as it'll have the code right there). Mapping _ > across everything tells you nothing about what it's actually doing" > > How about this? I put the following in my catchall_utility.py module > > # the oneArg combinator takes a multi-argument calleable > # and returns the equivalent single argument calleable > oneArg = lambda c: lambda x : c(*x)
Now it has a name, so I could imagine you importing it into modules and using it usefully. I'd be inclined to call it something along the lines of "unpacked" but that's just bikeshedding. > ... I find that I write fewer bugs when I use idioms that resonate. Absolutely! The unfortunate truth, though, is that idioms that resonate with you _and nobody else_ are just as big a problem as bugs, because they're unmaintainable. So hopefully what you're doing will make sense to other people too! ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
