lambdas (lambda x: printx)

[Erik Max Francis]

Michal wrote:

> Today I started with python and I cannot understand why expresion
> lambda x: print x
> returns syntax error (but for example lambda x: sys.stdio.write(x)
> does not)
> First I fought the reason is scopeing, but it shouldnt return syntax
> error.

The problem is that you can only put an expression in a lambda form. 
print is a statement, not an expression.  Other examples of statements
are if...else control structures, variable assignments, and return
statements.

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