text_combined: nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom olivier verdier wrote dislike lambda construction dont understand lambda practical sorts situations like lambda xy xy find name plain silly thats perhaps think python programmers beginners lisp background thats case mathematician colleagues lambda letter greek language think come across keyword didnt know language learning id look find means lambda calculus well established field mathematics perfectly valid name construct python clear syntax increasingly used instead pseudocode text books seem aware clarity language list comprehensions strings clear beginners name string needed understand x message reading python code pleasure even one versed python crucial advantage language lambda clear rest language hope understand point dont use use named function instead even pleasure read name choose tell reader function even attach docstring make really obvious thought upcoming python 3000 would good opportunity change name since python beginners newcommers reading mailing list dont think get lot support long time lambda functionality wasnt going exist py3k certainly isnt going get enough care attention warrant guido expending mental energy needed arbitrarily choose new name anyone else going code docs changing python beginners newcomers steered completely clear anonymous functions anyway give functions name use one builtin callables operator module cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 102248 1000 python3000 lambda