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Behalf Of Ben Gift
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:54 PM
To: python-dev@python.org
Subject: [Python-Dev] Use an empty def as a lambda
I think the lambda keyword is difficult to understand for many
people. It
would be more pythonic to use an empty def call instead.
For instance
On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:55:20 -0500, Ryan rym...@gmail.com wrote:
Westley MartÃnez aniko...@gmail.com wrote:
'def' is no more ambiguous than 'lambda', and is in fact more
ambiguous,
for 'def' doesn't lend itself to anything other than the word define,
whilst 'lambda' can only mean lambda
Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Use an empty def as a lambda
Change def to func? That's the worst idea I've heard yet. Def is already
there; why break all existing code just for a word?
Westley Martínez aniko...@gmail.com wrote:
'def' is no more ambiguous than 'lambda', and is in fact more
Westley Martínez aniko...@gmail.com writes:
My reasoning is that we use class to make classes, lambda to make
lambda functions, and def to make--well not defs--functions, which
doesn't really make sense to me.
Your reasoning is flawed. There is no such thing in Python as a “lambda
function”.
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From: Python-Dev [mailto:python-dev-bounces+anikom15=gmail@python.org] On
Behalf Of Ben Finney
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:56 PM
To: python-dev@python.org
Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Use an empty def as a lambda
Westley Martínez aniko...@gmail.com
Guys, this thread is not Python-Dev territory. It should have gone to
Python-Ideas. I repeat what I posted two days ago:
Proposals for changes to syntax and functionality are normally
expected to gather feedback on python-ideas before coming to
python-dev for final approval or
to understand mechanics.
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From: Python-Dev [mailto:python-dev-bounces+anikom15=gmail@python.org] On
Behalf Of Ben Gift
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:54 PM
To: python-dev@python.org
Subject: [Python-Dev] Use an empty def as a lambda
I think the lambda keyword
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Ben Gift benhg...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the lambda keyword is difficult to understand for many people. It
would be more pythonic to use an empty def call instead.
I agree, but that ship has sailed, at least until the time when Python
2 is dead. I don't want
On 2013-09-19, at 23:17 , Nick Coghlan wrote:
On 20 Sep 2013 07:04, Joe Pinsonault joe.pinsona...@gmail.com wrote:
I think it's a great idea personally. It's explicit and obvious. lamda
is too computer sciencey
This suggestion has been made many times, occasionally with the associated
On 20 Sep 2013 07:04, Joe Pinsonault joe.pinsona...@gmail.com wrote:
I think it's a great idea personally. It's explicit and obvious. lamda
is too computer sciencey
This suggestion has been made many times, occasionally with the associated
must be contained in parentheses when used as an
I think the lambda keyword is difficult to understand for many people. It
would be more pythonic to use an empty def call instead.
For instance this:
words.sort(key = lambda x: x[2])
could look like this:
words.sort(key = def (x): x[2])
It's obvious and explicit that we're creating an
I think it's a great idea personally. It's explicit and obvious. lamda is
too computer sciencey
On Sep 19, 2013 1:55 PM, Ben Gift benhg...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the lambda keyword is difficult to understand for many people. It
would be more pythonic to use an empty def call instead.
For
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Ben Gift benhg...@gmail.com wrote:
It would be more pythonic to use an empty def call instead.
No, it won't. Python draws a very strong distinction between expressions
and statements. This line has been blurred somewhat with the advent of
comprehensions and
Nice idea, BUT...
Not sure how a parser addition that supports it would go. Imagine this: if
you did a one-line function:
def test(x): print(x)
Python could interpret it two ways:
`def` `name` `lparen` `name` `rparen` `colon`...
OR, it could see it as a lambda-like thingamajig and throw a
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 01:54:08PM -0700, Ben Gift wrote:
I think the lambda keyword is difficult to understand for many people. It
would be more pythonic to use an empty def call instead.
Hi Ben, and welcome! Is this your first post? I'm afraid I don't
recognise your name.
I think this
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