[Python-Dev] Let's just keep lambda (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Sun Feb 5 21:43:57 CET 2006

On 2/5/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

After so many attempts to come up with an alternative for lambda, perhaps we should admit defeat. I've not had the time to follow the most recent rounds, but I propose that we keep lambda, so as to stop wasting everybody's talent and time on an impossible quest.

+1

The recently suggested keyword change, from lambda to expr (as in '''expr x, y: x+y''') looks like an improvement to me, but I suspect opening up the possibility of a keyword change would simply restart all the discussions... (Nevertheless, I'd be +1 on lambda being renamed to expr, if it was an option).

Paul.

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