boris borcic aqjpcdsgmailcom mike klaas wrote another thing consider def pattern possible bound variable dots common pattern replace instances method lambda add monitoring hooks disable certain functionality instget_foo lambda fakefoo good point one may write eg instbar range10 do_something makes one wonder whether def instbar even def fnk similarly permitted ever discussed regards bb _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 124713 0200 pythondev dottedindexed defs pep 8 discourage named lambdas