Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Kaz Kylheku enlightened us with: > Which proposed lambda syntax is closest in this sense? I was talking about different ways (your multi-line lambda vs. the currently implemented one) of doing function decorators. > Is it unusual to have a tougher time explaining X than Y to people > who are lear

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Duncan Booth wrote: > Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > > Duncan Booth wrote: > >> One big problem with this is that with the decorator the function has > >> a name but with a lambda you have anonymous functions so your > >> tracebacks are really going to suck. > > > > Is this an issue with this particular de

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Terry Reedy wrote: > So name it err_inner. Or _err. Right. The C language approach to namespaces. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Terry Reedy
"Kaz Kylheku" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Let me make the observation that name of an inner function is, alone, > insufficient to identify that function in a debugging scenario. If you > have some inner function called I, defined within function F, you need > to

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Duncan Booth
Kaz Kylheku wrote: > Duncan Booth wrote: >> One big problem with this is that with the decorator the function has >> a name but with a lambda you have anonymous functions so your >> tracebacks are really going to suck. > > Is this an issue with this particular design that is addressed by > other

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Sybren Stuvel wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: > > this is how I think it should be done with multi-line lambdas: > > > > def arg_range(inf, sup, f): > > return lambda(arg): > > if inf <= arg <= sup: > > return f(arg) > > else: > > raise ValueError > > This is g

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Duncan Booth wrote: > One big problem with this is that with the decorator the function has a > name but with a lambda you have anonymous functions so your tracebacks are > really going to suck. Is this an issue with this particular design that is addressed by other designs? Are the existing one-

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Sybren Stuvel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: > this is how I think it should be done with multi-line lambdas: > > def arg_range(inf, sup, f): > return lambda(arg): > if inf <= arg <= sup: > return f(arg) > else: > raise ValueError This is going to be fun to debug if anything goes w

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread Duncan Booth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > this is how I think it should be done with multi-line lambdas: > > def arg_range(inf, sup, f): > return lambda(arg): > if inf <= arg <= sup: > return f(arg) > else: > raise ValueError > > and instead of > @arg_range(5, 17) > def f(arg): > return

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
this is how I think it should be done with multi-line lambdas: def arg_range(inf, sup, f): return lambda(arg): if inf <= arg <= sup: return f(arg) else: raise ValueError and instead of @arg_range(5, 17) def f(arg): return arg*2 you do: f = arg_range(5, 17, lambda(arg)):

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-10 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Antoon Pardon wrote: > Could you give me an example. Suppose I have the following: > > def arg_range(inf, sup): > > def check(f): > > def call(arg): > if inf <= arg <= sup: > return f(arg) > else: > raise ValueError > > return call > > return check def arg_r

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-10 Thread nikie
Kaz Kylheku wrote: > Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > But suppose that the expression and the multi-line lambda body are > > reordered? That is to say, the expression is written normally, and the > > mlambda expressions in it serve as /markers/ indicating that body > > material follows. This results in the

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-10 Thread Antoon Pardon
Op 2006-05-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > multi-line lambdas, had it been added to python a long time ago, would > had reduced a lot of complexity in the language. > for example - with multi-line lambdas - decorators are unneccesary. I don't like the words neccesary or unnecc

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-10 Thread Sybren Stuvel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: > multi-line lambdas, had it been added to python a long time ago, > would had reduced a lot of complexity in the language. for example > - with multi-line lambdas - decorators are unneccesary. I love decorators. > just give the multi-line lambda as an argu

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
multi-line lambdas, had it been added to python a long time ago, would had reduced a lot of complexity in the language. for example - with multi-line lambdas - decorators are unneccesary. just give the multi-line lambda as an argument to a function - no need for special syntax.. the alternative dec

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-10 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Kaz Kylheku enlightened us with: > In the case of if/elif/else, they have to be placed behind the > closest suite that follows the expression in the syntax of the > statement: > > if lambda(x)(4) < 0: > print "a" > lambda: > return x + 1 > elif y = 4: > print "b" > else: >

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-09 Thread Carl Banks
DH wrote: > Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > I've been reading the recent cross-posted flamewar, and read Guido's > > article where he posits that embedding multi-line lambdas in > > expressions is an unsolvable puzzle. > > To say that multi-line lambda is an unsolvable problem is completely > absurd. Note

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-09 Thread DH
Kaz Kylheku wrote: > I've been reading the recent cross-posted flamewar, and read Guido's > article where he posits that embedding multi-line lambdas in > expressions is an unsolvable puzzle. To say that multi-line lambda is an unsolvable problem is completely absurd. Furthermore it has already b

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-09 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Kaz Kylheku wrote: > But suppose that the expression and the multi-line lambda body are > reordered? That is to say, the expression is written normally, and the > mlambda expressions in it serve as /markers/ indicating that body > material follows. This results in the most Python-like solution. Un

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-09 Thread Antoon Pardon
Op 2006-05-09, Scott David Daniels schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kaz Kylheku wrote: >> I've been reading the recent cross-posted flamewar, and read Guido's >> article where he posits that embedding multi-line lambdas in >> expressions is an unsolvable puzzle. >> >> So for the last 15 minutes I ap

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-09 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Kaz Kylheku enlightened us with: > I've been reading the recent cross-posted flamewar, and read Guido's > article where he posits that embedding multi-line lambdas in > expressions is an unsolvable puzzle. > [...] > a = lambda(x, y), lambda(s, t), lambda(u, w): u + w > statement1 > statem

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-08 Thread Leif K-Brooks
Kaz Kylheku wrote: > But suppose that the expression and the multi-line lambda body are > reordered? That is to say, the expression is written normally, and the > mlambda expressions in it serve as /markers/ indicating that body > material follows. This results in the most Python-like solution. I

Re: Multi-line lambda proposal.

2006-05-08 Thread Scott David Daniels
Kaz Kylheku wrote: > I've been reading the recent cross-posted flamewar, and read Guido's > article where he posits that embedding multi-line lambdas in > expressions is an unsolvable puzzle. > > So for the last 15 minutes I applied myself to this problem and come up > with this off-the-wall propo