Make 'def' and 'class' usable within expressions
Shane Hathaway
shane at zope.com
Thu Mar 25 10:51:15 EST 2004
John Roth wrote:
> If you can make a contribution to a good syntax for
> a code block, I for one would welcome it.
>
> Just to give you a start: Ruby puts a single code block
> at the end of the parameter list where it's quite obvious
> what it is and where it does not interrupt the flow of reading
> the method call. In python, I'd like to be able to put code
> blocks wherever I can currently put a function / method
> object.
>
> For example:
>
> result = map(lambda: ..., list1, list2, list3)
>
> is readable - barely.
>
> result = map(def (x, y, z):
> something
> something else
> return
> list1, list2, list3)
>
> becomes much less readable. This is the problem that
> needs to be solved to make code blocks fly.
That's one of the things I'm trying to achieve, too. Using this syntax,
I would write it this way:
result = map(def(x, y, z), list1, list2, list3):
something
something else
return x
Shane
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