Let's Talk About Lambda Functions!

[Carl Banks]

Alex Martelli wrote:
> Robb Shecter wrote:
> 
>> But to really answer you - I like lambdas and think lambdas can add
>> clarity because their scope directly reflects their 'scope'.  (Make
>> sense?)
> 
> Sorry, not to me.  Take a typical bug sometimes posted here, such as:
> 
> for word in 'fee fie foo fum'.split():
>    Button(frame, command=lambda: print word)
> 
> The poster is typically nonplusses that all buttons print 'fum'.


I imagine it's more likely that the poster would be nonplussed that it
produced a syntax error.  :)


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