better lambda support in the future?

[Jason Zheng]

Steven Bethard wrote:
> Jason Zheng wrote:
> 
>> I'm wondering why python still has limited lambda support. What's 
>> stopping the developers of python to support more lisp-like lambda 
>> function?
> 
> 
> This comes up every few weeks on the list.  If you haven't already, 
> check the archives in Google for 'anonymous def' or 'anonymous 
> function'.  The usual response to this question is something along the 
> lines of "if it's good enough to create a function for, it's good enough 
> to name".

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.