cute use of lambda

[Kay Schluehr]

On 29 Sep., 03:55, "Terry Reedy" <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
> "Simon Forman" <sajmik... at gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1190945901.551940.165240 at k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> | class FakeQueue(list):
> |    put = list.append
> |    get = lambda self: self.pop(0)
>
> Sorry, to me this is a foolish use of lambda as it is exactly the same as
>
>   def get(self): self.pop(0)

Better use

    def get(self): return self.pop(0)

otherwise you will *get* nothing ;)

BTW I wonder why a destructive operation is named *get* instead of
*take* ?