[Python-Dev] Recommend accepting PEP 312 --SimpleImplicit Lambda

[Raymond Hettinger]

> [Donovan Baarda]
> > As I see it, a lambda is an anonymous function. An anonymous
function
> is
> > a function without a name. We already have a syntax for a
function...
> > why not use it. ie:
> >
> >   f = filter(def (a): return a > 1, [1,2,3])

[Me]
> This approach is entirely too obvious.  If we want to be on the
leading
> edge, we can't be copying what was done years ago in Lua. ;-)

Despite the glib comment, the idea as presented doesn't work because it
mixes statement and expression semantics (the inner 'return' is at best
unpleasant).  Also, the naming is off -- 'def' defines some variable
name. In Lua, the 'def' is called 'function' which doesn't imply a
variable assignment.


Raymond