The future of Python immutability

[Terry Reedy]

Adam Skutt wrote:
> On Sep 5, 11:29 am, Terry Reedy <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
>> This is a pointless replacement for 'def b(x): return x+a'
> 
> And?  That has nothing to do with anything I was saying whatsoever.

Agreed.  However, posts are read by newbies.
Posts that promote bad habits are fair game for comment.
> 
>> Python does not have lambda objects. It has lambda expressions that
>> produce function objects identical except for .__name__ to the
>> equivalent def statement output.

> Sure sounds like python has lambda objects to me then... 

The idea that Python has 'lambda objects' had caused no end of mischief 
over the years.

tjr