text_combined: benjamin peterson mfphjffbrfsvyrjfgmailcom tue mar 25 2008 342 pm olivier verdier wrote ask scientist even computer scientist lambda means invariably answer letter greek alphabet people working lambda calculus think lambda related function many beginners included puzzled lambda first time meet doesnt look clean rest python syntax hardly need explain keywords mean actually recommended inline functions used anyway guido said hadnt found better name well think almost name better especially name emphasizes fact lambda construction fact functions guido repeats lambda synctactic sugar function definition suggestion new name lambda much better describe namely function since function defined keyword def id suggest following possibilities ldef local definition indeed lambda definition idef inline definition cdef compact definition sdef shorthand definition etc abbreviations find dont help much local anything along theses lines descriptive lambda newcommers immediately guess without wading manual python code also readable non python specialists late change name lambda python 2x change python 3000 since release breaks backwards compatibility anyway yeah probably late thoughts ideas better names lambda thanks _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000musiccomposition40gmailcom cheers benjamin peterson wed 06 aug 2008 184013 0500 python3000 lambda