[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > and, as you just found out, a rather restrictive one > > > > at that. > > > > > > In part because Python's designers failed to make "print" a function > > > or provide an if-then-else expression. > > > > > Why would one need print in lambda ? I like ternary operator(and there > > is ugly work around though still 100% functional). But print ? > > I dashed that last part off quickly, so I don't have a good reason. > Maybe to insert a debugging print temporarily? If one needs it for debugging, it raise an alarm bell if lambda is the right thing to use. Though it is still doable, in a hackary way :
def debug(x): print x reduce(lambda x,y: (x+y, debug(x))[0], range(10)) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
