[Python-ideas] Enhance definition of functions

[Ron Adam]

On 07/30/2013 05:22 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On 31 Jul 2013 04:48, "Ronald Oussoren"
> <ronaldoussoren at mac.com
> <mailto:ronaldoussoren at mac.com>> wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > On 30 Jul, 2013, at 20:30, Ryan
> <rymg19 at gmail.com
> <mailto:rymg19 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >
>  > > How about something like:
>  > >
>  > > f = indef(x, y): print x, y
>  > >
>  > How is that different from a lambda?
>
> And, since assignments are statements, different from def?

Or the old "let" statement.

While writing a little bytecode interpreter in python, (To try some ideas 
out.), I found out it's much easier to parse source code if a line starts 
with a statement keyword such as 'let' or 'def'.   And I suspect is why 
early languages followed that pattern.

Cheers,
   Ron