> You mean lambda x: lumberjack(15, x) ? Yes, that was my mistake. > However this syntax you allow to write lumberjack(%, 15) which is only > possible with partial using keyword arguments, like lumberjack (y=15) > (given that the second argument is called "y") and in that case I know at > least one library on pip doing the job with Ellipsis : > > from funcoperators import elipartial > elipartial(lumberjack, ..., 15) > # gives lambda x: lumberjack (x, 15) > > elipartial (lumberjack, ..., 15, ..., 12, ...) > # gives lambda x, y, z: lumberjack(x, 15, y, 12, z) > > And the lib even provide a decorator to have that kind of syntax using "[" : > > partially(lumberjack)[15] > would be the same as partial(lumberjack, 15) > > So, that functionality does really need new syntax.
Hm, yes. Perhaps elipartial could be aliased and/or made a global built in. Let’s discuss the merits of the statement itself then. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
