[Python-Dev] map() methods (was: Re: [Patches] Review (was: Please review before applying))

[Guido van Rossum]

> > Maybe Python 3000 should recognize map(lambda) and generate more
> > efficient code for it...
> 
>     [s.strip() for s in L]
> 
> That is, list comprehensions solved the speed, generality and clarity
> problems here before they were discovered <wink>.

Ah!  I knew there had to be a solution without lambda! :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)