Donovan Baarda wrote:
> As I see it, a lambda is an anonymous function. An anonymous function is
> a function without a name.
And here we see why I'm such a fan of the term 'deferred expression'
instead of 'anonymous function'.
Python's lambda expressions *are* the former, but they are
emphatically *not* the latter.
Anyway, the AlternateLambdaSyntax Wiki page has a couple of relevant
entries under 'real closures'.
Cheers,
Nick.
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