[Python-ideas] Proposal for function expressions (original) (raw)

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Mon Jul 13 13:13:02 CEST 2009

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 06:51:27AM -0400, Chris Perkins wrote:

var callback = function(result) { // 10 lines of code... }; makeajaxcall(url, callback);

vs. makeajaxcall(url, function(){ // 10 lines of code... });

For me, the latter is unreadable (it's hard to see where is the inner block, and where is the outer; where are the make_ajax_call's arguments and where are the function's arguments and body) even if the function is 1-2 line(s) long; if the function's body is longer the style becomes completely unacceptable for my not so sharp eyes and brain.

Oleg.

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