steven gsdszpearwoodinfo fri 2 may 2008 190355 0400 terry reedy wrote people write somename lambda args expression instead obvious people dare say standard def somenameargs return expression currently uses named lambdas least urllib2 bad example new python programmers style mavens think speaking one people position functions created lambda firstclass objects everything else python rule says must assign lambda name ever would terrible rule dont save three characters dont often cant exactly articulate feels right style thing however im happy named lambdas guideline recommendation im even happy stronger prohibition apply standard library dont dislike named lambdas dont expect others like steven daprano _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 114510 1000 pythondev pep 8 discourage named lambdas