> As a human, it throws me off -- and so does lambda. Much better to just wr= > ite > > def _square(x): return x**2 > map(square, lst) >
Excellent illustration of why you want lambda: no need to keep two more or less meaningless symbol names in sync, in a language which doesn't provide any compile-time checking of such things. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com