On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 6:34:53 PM UTC+12, Ian wrote: > On Aug 15, 2016 6:57 PM, "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" wrote: > > Python, on the other hand, introduces the special word “lambda” for this > purpose, eschewing its usual “def”. > > Why? Something to do with GvR’s allergy to anonymous functions... > > Actually, GvR is on record stating that he's never much cared for the name > "lambda": > http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/04/origins-of-pythons-functional-features.html?m=1 > > The name was picked by the contributor who wrote the implementation, > apparently with little discussion.
I see. I thought I saw a mention somewhere else that Python lambdas were designed to be less functional than full def-style functions. But perhaps this limitation wasn’t intentional, just an inherent consequence of the fact that Python’s significant-whitespace rules only apply to statements, not expressions... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
