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  Re: Question on lambdas Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-09 11:00 +1100

#82161 — Re: Question on lambdas

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>> lambda x=some_value: some_expr
>
> This creates a new function which expects one parameter named ‘x’, which
> parameter has a default value of ‘some_value’. The function, when
> called, will return the value of ‘some_expr’.

*facepalm* For some reason I forgot about default parameters _inside_
the lambda function, and thought only of named parameters _outside_
it. Ben's right, that's what your "lambda e=e:" syntax is doing.

ChrisA

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