Jan. 20, 2016
4:54 a.m.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> wrote:
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?
No, that's because in C++ "lambdas" are the only things with closures.
What about... lambda a, = b: [stuff with captured value b] ?
Noooooo! -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)