Of what use is 'lambda'???

[Alex Martelli]

<piet at cs.uu.nl> wrote in message news:ur96g91i4.fsf at cs.uu.nl...
    [snip]
> T> So, does lamda have a feature that regulars funcs have or is just there
> T> for convenience??
>
> Its main purpose is convenience so that you don't have to invent a name
and
> to separate your function from the place where you have to supply it as a
> parameter.

Not having to invent a name, OK.  But why would you "separate from the
place" anyway, even without lambda?  You could define a nested function
right before passing it as a parameter.


Alex