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On Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:34:33 AM UTC+8, Ian wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Colin J. Williams &lt;cjw@ncf.ca&gt; wrote:
> &gt; I don&#39;t understand why you would expect 1, 2, 4.
> 
> Because:
> 
> funcs[0](2) == 2 ** 0 == 1
> funcs[1](2) == 2 ** 1 == 2
> funcs[2](2) == 2 ** 2 == 4
> 
> &gt; Perhaps parentheses will help the order of evaluation:
> &gt;
> &gt; funcs = [(lambda x: x**i) for i in range( 5 )]
> &gt;
> &gt; This gives:
> &gt; 1
> &gt; 16
> &gt; 81
> 
> No, that gives 16, 16, 16 just like the original.  I don&#39;t understand
> why you would expect 1, 16, 81, unless you have misread the code.

I'll contribute my way of python programming:

def powerb(x, b): # 
     return x**b


One functor is enough!

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  Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2012-07-11 06:28 -0400
    Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-11 10:34 -0600
      Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-11 20:39 -0700
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          Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-11 22:04 -0700
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      Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-12 04:54 +0200
  Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-12 03:59 +0000
    Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-12 10:53 -0600
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        Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 07:45 -0700
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          Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-13 19:53 +0200
            RE: lambda in list comprehension acting funny "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-07-13 18:06 +0000
            Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 12:54 -0600
              Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-13 21:26 +0200
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                Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 10:49 +1000
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                Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-15 06:27 -0400
            Re: lambda in list comprehension acting funny rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 19:31 -0700
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