A def function has to be named. Wheres a lambda expression can be passed anonymously to any other function as an argument.
*map(lambda x: x**2, array)* vs *def powers2(x)* * x**2* *map(powers2, array)* Coming up with a name here is not needed, as the operation is expressive enough. Am So., 21. Okt. 2018 um 18:17 Uhr schrieb Anders Hovmöller < bo...@killingar.net>: > > > A powerful general purpose language should not limit itself to one > statement in a closure. > > Nitpick on language: It doesn't. Lambdas are not the only way to do a > closure. > > It's important to be precise when discussing these things. > > > Lets add mutli-statement lambdas to python either with just curly braces > or with an indent based machine. > > Mostly it's just better with a function. Do you have some more compelling > examples where you can't use a function smoothly? > > / Anders -- Gruß Andreas Winschu
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