Theoretical question about Lambda

[Alex Martelli]

Terry Reedy wrote:
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>> smiley fraction here), if/else is much more comfortable for this
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> This is a matter of taste, not objectivity.  Given that bool(function)
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> foo = doitoneway and (lambda: whatever) or (lambda: somethingelse)
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> It saves screen/page lines and to me is easier to grasp.

Obviously, the "This is a matter of taste" definitely applies wrt this
"easier to grasp".  There remains the objective fact, to answer the OP, 
that there is really nothing important that lambda buys you, including this 
further obfuscation (in my view) of double and/or short-circuiting.


Alex