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Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function?

Date 2011-07-19 18:58 +0200
From Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de>
Subject Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function?
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On 19/07/11 18:49, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> wrote:
>>> Supplemental: The above can be simplified to
>>>
>>> def makeadder(y): return lambda x: x + y
>>>
>>
>> In turn:
>>
>> makeadder = lambda y: lambda x: x + y
> 
> That's not an improvement.  lambda is for making anonymous functions.
> If you're going to construct a lambda and bind it to a name, you
> should just use def.

No, it's not an improvement. It's an illustration.

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Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Dave Angel <davea@ieee.org> - 2011-07-18 17:45 -0400
  Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-19 00:28 +0200
    Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-19 00:33 +0200
      Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-19 08:22 +0200
      Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 10:49 -0600
      Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-19 18:58 +0200
      Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 11:15 -0600
    Re: Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Dave Angel <davea@ieee.org> - 2011-07-19 06:07 -0400
    Re: Partial Function Application -- Advantages over normal function? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-19 12:47 -0400

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