[Python-Dev] Iteration variables and list comprehensions (original) (raw)

Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com
Wed, 30 May 2001 04:00:56 -0400

Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com>:

That's more like Haskell does it. But the day we explain a Python construct in terms of a lambda transformation is the day Guido kills all of us .

They'll get my lambdas when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers , but I find I don't have a strong opinion about how the scoping should work.

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