On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:10:42 +0100, Christian Tismer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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
Yes, thanks, I really did know that ;-/ Just got thinking along another line. So
lambda x, zip=zip, zop=zop:x.method(zip,zop)
and
lambda x, ***{'zip':zip, 'zop':zop}:x.method(zip,zop)
would better have been
(lambda zip,zop:lambda x:x.method(zip,zop))(zip, zop)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
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