better lambda support in the future?

Michael Hoffman m.h.3.9.1.without.dots.at.cam.ac.uk at example.com
Fri Dec 17 17:15:22 EST 2004


Jason Zheng wrote:

> The true beauty of lambda function is not the convenience of creating 
> functions without naming them. Lambda constructs truly enables 
> higher-order function. For example, I can create a function A that 
> returns a function B that does something interesting according to the 
> arguments that I pass to function A.

How does that differ from this?

 >>> def A(x):
...     if x:
...         def B(): return "True"
...     else:
...         def B(): return "False"
...     return B
...
 >>> A(1)
<function B at 0xa0c65dc>
 >>> _()
'True'
 >>> A(0)
<function B at 0xa0c65dc>
 >>> _()
'False'
-- 
Michael Hoffman



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