Fate of lambda, Functional Programming in Python...

[Peter Kleiweg]

Christopher A. Craig schreef:

> Nobody is talking about removing the ability to pass functions, just
> the actual "lambda" form.
>
> You can still build a GUI by doing
>
> def spam(stuff):
>   def eggs(parrot):
>     return 5+parrot
>   return eggs
>
> You just can't do
>
> def spam(stuff):
>   return lambda foo: 5+parrot

What a silly idea to remove a much used core feature from a
language.

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