Re: [Python-ideas] Explicit variable capture list

Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> writes:

But neither of these approaches would be good for lambdas. I'm okay with that -- lambda is a lightweight syntax, for lightweight needs. If your needs are great (doc strings, annotations, multiple statements) don't use lambda.

Yeah, but the fact that it's specifically part of C++'s lambda syntax suggests that it is a very common thing to need with a lambda, doesn't it? What about... lambda a, = b: [stuff with captured value b] ?