PEP 312 - Making lambdas implicit worries me, surely it's just the name 'lambda' that is bad...

[AdSR]

Alexander Schmolck wrote:
> Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> writes:
> 
> > Indeed.  I don't see what the tangible benefit is, except by making a
> > certain style of lambdas harder to read.  One might object to the use of
> > lambdas on general grounds, but certainly when you see the keyword
> > `lambda' you know what you're in for.  PEP 312 attempts to blur that
> > distinction, for no other reason than to save keystrokes and make code
> > look more impenetrable.  I don't see the benefit.

Neither do I.

> You overlook the fact "that saving keystrokes" (and space) can make a
> qualitative change to a language.

As can making it less readable. As I understand, Python is, among
other things, readability-oriented. Let's keep it like that.

As they say, if it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Cheers,

AdSR