Suggestions for python 2

Tim Peters tim_one at email.msn.com
Wed Jan 19 01:55:10 EST 2000


[Evan Simpson]
> I rather like the idea of having to explicitly bring names
> into an inner scope,

[Tim]
> Me too -- except in the cases that bite most often, where a 
> trivial little lambda wants to refer to one or two measly
> little names from its context.  People stumble on that so
> often it's a FAQ.

[Aahz Maruch]
> ....and there's an easy suggestion for Python 2 that fixes
> the problem, right?  ;-)

The easiest:  throw away lambda <wink>.

> ...
> Have a *HAPPY* day!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, Aahz.  You used to be so ... *normal*!

i'll-have-a-happy-day-when-i-damn-well-feel-like-it-ly
    y'rs  - tim






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