
Sept. 19, 2013
10:19 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Ben Gift <benhgift@gmail.com> wrote:
It would be more pythonic to use an empty def call instead.
No, it won't. Python draws a very strong distinction between expressions and statements. This line has been blurred somewhat with the advent of comprehensions and the if-else expression, but it would still require more benefit than three characters in a keyword saving to allow def use in both statements and expressions. The following, for example, does not look pythonic at all: *def* transform(*seq*, *func*=*def*(*x*):*x*): ... (Note that I attempted to emulate syntax highlighting to make my point.)