Bengt Richter wrote:
...
> BTW, re def-time bindings, the default arg abuse is a hack, so I would like to
> see a syntax that would permit default-arg-like def-time function-local
> bindings without
> affecting the call signature. E.g., if def foo(*args, **keywords,
> ***bindings): ...
> would use bindings as a dict at def-time to create local namespace bindings
> like **keywords,
> but not affecting the call signature. This would allow a nicer version of
> above-mentioned
> lambda x, zip=zip, zop=zop:x.method(zip,zop)
> as
> lambda x, ***dict(zip=zip, zop=zop):x.method(zip,zop)
> or
> lambda x, ***{'zip':zip, 'zop':zop}:x.method(zip,zop)
> This could also be used to do currying without the typical cost of wrapped
> nested calling.
Just in case that you might be not aware of it (like I was):
lambda does support local scope, like here:
>>> def locallambda(x, y):
... func = lambda: x+y
... return func
...
>>> f=locallambda(2, 3)
>>> f()
5
>>>
ciao - chris
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