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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
> For experts here: why can't I write a lambda that has a statement in it
> (actually I wanted two: lambda l, i: l[i] += 1; return l)?

https://docs.python.org/3/faq/design.html#why-can-t-lambda-expressions-contain-statements