In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bengt Richter) wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:18:24 -0700, Donn Cave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > >In the functional language approach I'm familiar with, you > >introduce a variable into a scope with a bind - > > > > let a = expr in > > ... do something with a > > > >and initialization is part of the package. Type is usually > >inferred. The kicker though is that the variable is never > >reassigned. In the ideal case it's essentially an alias for > >the initializing expression. That's one possibility we can > >probably not find in Python's universe. > > > how would you compare that with > lambda a=expr: ... do something (limited to expression) with a > ? OK, the limitations of a Python lambda body do have this effect. But compare programming in a language like that, to programming with Python lambdas? Maybe it would be like living in a Zen Monastery, vs. living in your car. Donn Cave, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
