[Python-Dev] Let's send lambda to the shearing shed (Re: Let's just keep lambda) (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Feb 9 04:41:10 CET 2006

My thought on lambda at the moment is that it's too VERBOSE.

If a syntax for anonymous functions is to pull its weight, it needs to be very concise. The only time I ever consider writing a function definition in-line is when the body is extremely short, otherwise it's clearer to use a def instead.

Given that, I do not have the space to waste with 6 or 7 characters of geeky noise-word.

So my vote for Py3k is to either

  1. Replace lambda args: value with

    args -> value

or something equivalently concise, or

  1. Remove lambda entirely.

-- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | Carpe post meridiam! | Christchurch, New Zealand | (I'm not a morning person.) | greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+

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