Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com>: > If lambda were going to be deprecated and removed then it already > would have happened in Python 3, because Guido tried to do precisely > that. I'm not sure what the reasons were for keeping it in the end > (according to PEP 3099 it was because nobody suggested a suitable > replacement), but if he couldn't get rid of it then, he never will.
You never *need* (Python's) lambda for anything. Inner functions are more capable and almost always more readable. It doesn't hurt to have lambda, but I don't find any use for it, either. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
