[Python-3000] lambda

[Lennart Regebro]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Olivier Verdier <zelbier at gmail.com> wrote:
> repeats over and over again: lambda is just synctactic sugar for a function
> definition. Here are suggestion for a new name for lambda, which will much
> better describe what it is, namely a *function*.

More specifically, an anonymous function.  Best would be if you could
just use def anonymously. And preferrably use normal return syntax:

   def(a,b): return a+b

instead of

   lambda a, b: a+b

would actually make it readable enough that I might start using it. ;)
Calling it anondef, or adef instead of just def would of course be OK too.

But as mentioned, that's probably too late. And I'm sure everybody
that actually likes lambda would hate it. :) Different mindsets there
I think.

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