Would Anonymous Functions Help in Learning Programming/Python?

[Delaney, Timothy (Tim)]

Carsten Haese wrote:

>> Where the heck does *this* come from?  Neither Python 2.5.1 nor the
>> 3.0alpha has this in `__builtin__`.
> 
> It comes from the 'new' module:
> 
>>>> import new
>>>> help(new.function)
> Help on class function in module __builtin__:
> ...
> 
> Oddly enough, the help misrepresents which module the function is
> coming from.

Not exactly:

>>> help(type(lambda x: x))
Help on class function in module __builtin__:

The function type is builtin, but it doesn't have an exposed name.
`new.function` is simply a name bound to the function type.

Note the help says *class* function ...

Tim Delaney