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Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements

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Date 2015-02-12 14:56 +1100
Subject Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.18679.1423713376.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> The reason I don't like this replacing def isn't because the name is
> necessarily lost. It's because the lack of the well-defined def
> statement encourages more complex usages like
>
>     functions['f'] = x -> x**2
>
> where such implicit transformations won't work.

That's actually where this started. I mean, if a function can be
called "<lambda>", why can't it be called "functions['f']"?

ChrisA

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Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-01-24 17:58 -0800
  Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Yawar Amin <yawar.amin@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 18:30 -0800
    Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-25 15:27 +1100
      Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Yawar Amin <yawar.amin@gmail.com> - 2015-01-25 17:26 -0800
        Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-26 13:46 +1100
  Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-02-11 13:04 +0000
    Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Clarence <clarence1126@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 06:28 -0800
    Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-11 08:52 -0800
    Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-02-11 21:06 -0500
    Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 19:57 -0700
    Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-12 14:56 +1100
    Re: Alternative to multi-line lambdas: Assign-anywhere def statements Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-02-12 09:17 -0700

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