[Python-3000] genexp syntax / lambda

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Apr 20 11:06:47 CEST 2006


Renaming lambda is off the table. It would be change for change's sake.

On 4/20/06, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Boris Borcic wrote:
>
> > given    - much clearer and slightly more concise; or
> > ?         - slightly clearer and much more concise  ?
>
> That would be replacing something that's familiar to
> at least some people (even if they are geeks) with
> something that's familiar to nobody.
>
> If you really want to replace it with something,
> 'proc' or 'func' would be better. Most geeks would
> be able to guess what they meant, I think.
>
> --
> Greg
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