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| From | "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> |
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| Subject | Re: Question on lambdas |
| Date | Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:43:10 +0100 |
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Ben Finney wrote: > Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> writes: > >> Ben Finney wrote: >> >>> It's best to remember that ‘lambda’ is syntactic sugar for creating >>> a function; the things it creates are not special in any way, they >>> are normal functions, not “lambdas”. >> >> Could you please elaborate why ‘lambda’ does not create “lambdas”. I'm >> a Python beginner (not new to programming, though), and rather >> confused about your statement. > > We already have a term for what the ‘lambda’ keyword creates: a > function. > > That is, ‘lambda’ creates a function object, without anything to > distinguish it from a function created any other way. Ah, now I understand. It's "just" about proper naming. Thanks. :) -- Christoph M. Becker
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Re: Question on lambdas Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-12-09 10:58 +1100
Re: Question on lambdas Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2014-12-09 02:44 +0100
Re: Question on lambdas Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-09 06:38 +0000
Re: Question on lambdas Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-09 12:53 +1100
Re: Question on lambdas Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-12-08 21:09 -0500
Re: Question on lambdas Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-12-09 16:23 +1100
Re: Question on lambdas "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-09 13:43 +0100
Re: Question on lambdas Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 22:44 -0800
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