[Tutor] lambda: print('x') raises SyntaxError?

[wc yeee]

Hi. Is there a reason the code below raises a syntax error? It's probably
something silly on my part, but I can't figure it out:


>>> b = lambda: print('bar')
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    b = lambda: print('bar')
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


This code seems to work fine, so I don't know why the "print" statement in
the above code is wrong.

>>> print('bar')
bar


This works fine too:

>>> import sys
>>> a = lambda: sys.stdout.write('foo\n')
>>> a()
foo


What am I missing? Thanks!
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