text_combined: nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom lennart regebro wrote tue mar 25 2008 942 pm olivier verdier wrote repeats lambda synctactic sugar function definition suggestion new name lambda much better describe namely function specifically anonymous function best would could use def anonymously preferrably use normal return syntax defab return ab instead lambda b ab would actually make readable enough might start using might say ugliness current syntax point favour code almost always become readable selfdocumenting function given name cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 101537 1000 python3000 lambda