> > Do we often call functools.partial on arbitrary callable objects that we > don't know in advance?
For my part, I don’t think I’ve ever used partial in production code. It just seems easier to simply fo it by hand with a closure ( Am I using that term right? I still don’t quite get the terminology) And if I had a callable class instance I wanted to “customize”, I’d likely use an OO approach — parameterize the instance, or subclass. So yeah, partial is probably used primarily with “regular” functions. But then, I don’t know that we need any easier syntax anyway — maybe I’d be more likely to use it, but it kind of feels like a feature that’s there so we can write more functional code for the sake of writing more functional code. If someone’s really interested in this, a search on gitHub or something to see how it’s used in the wild could be enlightening. -CHB _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
