On 31 October 2017 at 10:52, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:42:23AM -0200, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: >> When I need something like this, I usually rop a line on the module >> namespace that goes like: >> >> first = lambda x: next(iter(x)) > > That doesn't meet the requirement that x has ONLY one item. > > And using lambda like that is bad style. This would be better: > > def first(x): return next(iter(x)) > > and now first has a proper __name__.
I know that. But then, I'd rather write it as 3-4 lines in some utils module. So, although I was initially -1 to -0 on this suggestion, maybe it has a point. > > > > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
