On 12/2/10 8:01 AM, Jason Grout wrote:
> On 12/2/10 8:24 AM, Andrew Dawes wrote:
>> lambda is a special word in python, it indicates a type of one-line
>> function definition. Using any other word should work.
>>
>> See:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support/browse_thread/thread/728f27989ff87203/4b08aaaed8309cbc?q=sage+support+lambda
>>
>> for a similar discussion.
>>
>> For more on lambda functions (very useful by the way) see:
>> http://diveintopython.org/power_of_introspection/lambda_functions.html
>>
> I usually do:
>
> lambda_=var("lambda_"), which still prints a Greek lambda when I output 
> it in typeset form.
>
> Jason
>
Thanks, that's a good tip, I was curious if there was a way to bypass
the keyword and still get the greek letter.

-Andy

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