On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:55 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > 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.
So what? One might say the same thing about comprehensions -- loops are more capable and almost always more readable. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
