> In general, if you're using map() with a lambda function, it's often simpler to switch to a comprehension.
Oh, of course, completely went past my head. > [result.process(module, data) for module, data in jobs] And this works great, thanks! On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 22:42, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 at 07:37, Sam Ezeh <sam.z.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Two questions here. > > > > Firstly, does anybody know of existing discussions (e.g. on here or on > > python-ideas) relating to unpacking inside lambda expressions? > > > > I found myself wanting to write the following. > > > > ``` > > map( > > lambda (module, data): result.process(module, data), > > jobs > > ) > > ``` > > However, it's of course not legal Python syntax. > > What about: > > [result.process(module, data) for module, data in jobs] > > (or with () instead of [] around the outside if you want a generator)? > > In general, if you're using map() with a lambda function, it's often > simpler to switch to a comprehension. > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
