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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:05:38 +1000
Subject: Re: Is there a function that applies list of functions to a value?
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:50 AM,  <fp2161@gmail.com> wrote:
> My way is so obvious that it may not be that interesting...
>
> def func4(f1,f2,f3,f4):
>     def anon(x):
>         f1(f2(f3(f4(x))))
>     return anon

Or have it return the result of f1. And then, since it's an anonymous
function that simply returns an expression, I'd write it as:

def func4(f1,f2,f3,f4):
    return lambda x: f1(f2(f3(f4(x))))

Of course, that's still restricted to precisely four args. Extending
this concept to a variable number of arguments is, uhh, left as an
exercise to the reader. Which will probably end up going back to
reduce(). :)

ChrisA