> 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
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