Donovan Baarda wrote: > I must admit I ended up deleting most of the "alternative to lambda" > threads after they flooded my in box. So it is with some dread I post > this, contributing to it...
I must admit you are right. And I will stop defending my proposal because it seems to create nothing more than pointless polemics. Suggesting elements of FP to python-dev may have the same chances to be accepted than raising a Buddha statue in a catholic church. > As I see it, a lambda is an anonymous function. An anonymous function is > a function without a name. We already have a syntax for a function... > why not use it. ie: > > f = filter(def (a): return a > 1, [1,2,3]) You mix expressions with statements. This is a no-go in Python. Permitting those constructs is a radical language change not just a simple syntax replacement. Kay _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
