Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 2005-12-06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Paul Rubin wrote: > >> > Why use temporary variables when all you have to do is make your > >> > expressions three lines long to avoid "polluting the namespace"? > >> > >> Indeed. I'd much rather say > >> > >> x = a + b + (c * d) + e > >> > >> than > >> > >> temp1 = a + b > >> temp2 = c * d > >> temp3 = temp1 + temp2 > >> x = temp3 + e > >> > >> I don't understand why the critics of lambda don't understand that > >> having to use so many temp variables, for either numbers or functions, > >> can work against both concision and clarity. > > > > For some people, the second form is clearer. > > But there is no suggestion that this should be the obligatory form.
I think there is, for python. Not that I agree with it. The language doesn't prevent you from using the short one-liner style but the idioms prefer the line by line(and one single op/action per line) style. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
