[Python-Dev] def ... decorate

James Y Knight foom at fuhm.net
Sat Aug 14 03:52:04 CEST 2004


On Aug 13, 2004, at 6:53 PM, Josiah Carlson wrote:

>> lambda a mistake? lambda a mistake... -OX
>
> Yes, lambda a mistake:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=2959

Of course, in that article, Guido says lambda is a mistake because the 
scoping rules of Python were broken at that point. As they are no 
longer broken, that particular argument doesn't hold much sway...

James




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