[Python-ideas] Lambda again: Anonymous function definition

[Leszek Dubiel]

Joel Bender napisał(a):
> Greg wrote:
>
>  >  What's needed is something very concise and unobtrusive,
>  >  such as
>  >
>  >     x, y => x + y
>
> As inspired by Prolog:
>
>      x, y :- x + y
>
> So this:
>
>      f = lambda x, y: x ** 2 + y ** 2
>
> Or this:
>
>      def f(x, y): return x ** 2 + y ** 2
>
> Becomes this:
>
>      f = x, y :- x ** 2 + y ** 2
>
> And would logically transpose into this:
>
>      f(x, y) :- x ** 2 + y ** 2
>
> Oooo...this rabbit hole is fun!
>   

Lambda should have the same syntax as ordinary functions. The only 
difference should be: you don't have to put the name of the function.

def f (x, y):
return x ** 2 + y ** 2

g = f

h = def (x, y): return x ** 2 + y ** 2


Functions f, g and h are doing the same.