[Python-Dev] Adventures with ASTs - Inline Lambda (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Feb 16 09:33:47 CET 2006

Talin wrote:

So the general notion is similar to the various proposals on the Wiki - an inline keyword which serves the function of lambda. I chose the keyword "given" because it reminds me of math textbooks, e.g. "given x, solve for y". And I like the idea of syntactical structures that make sense when you read them aloud.

but that's about the only advantage you get from writing

(x*x given x)

instead of

lambda x: x*x

right ? or did I miss some subtle detail here ?

I definately don't want to start a flame war, although I suspect I already have :/

I think most about everything has already been said wrt lambda already, but I guess we could have a little war on spelling issues ;-)

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