On 25/03/2014 00:16, Mark H Harris wrote:
On 3/24/14 7:11 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Mark H
Harris<harrismh...@gmail.com> wrote:
What is needed is the explicit closure "grab" recommended by ChrisA.
Which does work. You do know why, right?
Sure. ... but again, that's not the point. The point is NOT can you
explain why it works, the point is that as a lambda construct it is NOT
clear why it works, and because the construct does not match what lambda
users might expect (naturally) there are *constant* questions about it.
So, again, I'll restate that the community might consider (over time)
whether the confusion created by lambda in python is worth the time and
trouble to maintain the construct in the language. Is the value add
worth the cost of confusion. I don't think so; others are bound to
disagree.
marcus
I'd vote to have lambda taken out of the language if it meant avoiding
tedious threads like this one :(
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