On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: >> lambda x=some_value: some_expr > > This creates a new function which expects one parameter named ‘x’, which > parameter has a default value of ‘some_value’. The function, when > called, will return the value of ‘some_expr’.
*facepalm* For some reason I forgot about default parameters _inside_ the lambda function, and thought only of named parameters _outside_ it. Ben's right, that's what your "lambda e=e:" syntax is doing. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
