Python execution speed

[Martin von Loewis]

"Morten W. Petersen" <morten at thingamy.net> writes:

> In Python, there is:
> 
>   def multiply(argument):
>       return argument * argument
> 
> Or (using anonymous functions):
> 
>   multiply = lambda argument: argument * argument
> 
> Where the lambda has the implicit return-of-last-expression (no return
> needed), while functions do not.

It is really a little different. In lambdas, there is only a single
expression, and that is the result. Functions, OTOH, are sequences of
statements, not of expressions.

Regards,
Martin