Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?)

From	Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?)
Date	2015-11-26 08:41 +0200
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com>:
> Clearly a huge amount of programming can be done without having to deal
> with first-class functions (or constructing functions at run-time; that
> sounds fun). (Or without using OOP, another thing I can't stand.)

Even the lowliest code monkeys deal with on-the-fly functions and OOP
nowadays. You can't escape them in C# and Java, for example.

> Some people just don't want to be functional programmers. It is
> elitist to try and make out it that it is that important.
>
> If lots of languages now have functional features, it's more likely to
> be a case of keeping up with the Joneses.

There's some of that. Generics and closures in Java are examples.

However, anonymous classes have been there in Java since the dawn of
days, and they are equally "elitist" as closures.


Marko

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Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-19 21:18 +0100
  Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-19 22:57 +0200
    Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-19 23:41 +0100
      Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-20 14:00 +0000
    Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-20 11:33 +1100
      Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-11-25 09:14 +0100
        Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-25 21:52 +1100
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-11-25 13:25 +0100
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 13:20 +0000
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-11-25 07:13 -0800
              Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-25 16:59 +0100
                Multiplication [was Re: Late-binding of function defaults] Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-26 05:09 +1100
                Re: Multiplication [was Re: Late-binding of function defaults] Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-25 19:45 +0100
                Re: Multiplication [was Re: Late-binding of function defaults] Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-25 23:04 +0200
              Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Arie van Wingerden <xapwing@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 17:12 +0100
              Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 03:29 +1100
              Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 17:18 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 11:03 -0700
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 18:48 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-11-25 20:50 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 21:56 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 00:16 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 22:41 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-26 11:31 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-26 01:23 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-11-25 17:52 -0800
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-26 16:08 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-11-26 06:39 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-11-26 09:31 +0100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-26 12:53 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 00:15 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-26 14:40 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-11-26 16:14 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-26 22:27 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 10:07 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-11-26 19:15 -0500
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 11:48 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-11-27 01:15 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-11-26 16:16 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function   parameter =[] for?) Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-11-27 10:48 +1300
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-27 12:46 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-27 02:01 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 08:41 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-27 12:09 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-27 10:31 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-27 13:30 +0200
              Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-26 06:57 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-25 23:00 +0200
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-11-25 10:56 -0800
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-26 13:01 +1100
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 00:24 +1100
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-11-25 15:17 +0100
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-11-25 10:51 -0800
      Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 19:32 +1100
        Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-25 10:43 +0200
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-25 21:58 +1100
        Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 12:35 +0000
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-25 15:06 +0200
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 13:37 +0000
              Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-25 15:53 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-25 14:34 +0000
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-25 13:32 -0500
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-26 11:53 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 08:52 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 18:14 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 10:27 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 19:34 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 12:54 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 22:04 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 13:23 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 22:35 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 14:03 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-27 12:43 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-11-26 09:45 +0100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-11-27 10:20 +1300
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-26 23:36 +0200
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-27 12:23 +1100
                Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-11-26 11:17 +0000
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 00:44 +1100
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-26 06:55 +1100
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-11-26 00:52 +0000
            Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 20:01 -0700
            Semantics of collection types (was: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?)) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-26 16:04 +1100
          Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 00:35 +1100
        Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-25 22:44 -0800
      Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?) Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-11-25 10:13 +0100

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