On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 08:25, Alexey Muranov <alexey.mura...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Whey you need a simple function in Python, there is a choice between a > normal function declaration and an assignment of a anonymous function > (defined by a lambda-expression) to a variable: > > def f(x): return x*x > > or > > f = lambda x: x*x > > It would be however more convenient to be able to write instead just > > f(x) = x*x
Why? Is saving a few characters really that helpful? So much so that it's worth adding a *third* method of defining functions, which would need documenting, adding to training materials, etc, etc? -1 on this. Paul -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
