what's wrong with "lambda x : print x/60,x%60"

[bonono at gmail.com]

rurpy at yahoo.com wrote:
> bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> > rurpy at yahoo.com wrote:
> > > >  and, as you just found out, a rather restrictive one
> > > > at that.
> > >
> > > In part because Python's designers failed to make "print" a function
> > > or provide an if-then-else expression.
> > >
> > Why would one need print in lambda ? I like ternary operator(and there
> > is ugly work around though still 100% functional). But print ?
>
> I dashed that last part off quickly, so I don't have a good reason.
> Maybe to insert a debugging print temporarily?
If one needs it for debugging, it raise an alarm bell if lambda is the
right thing to use. Though it is still doable, in a hackary way :

def debug(x): print x

reduce(lambda x,y: (x+y, debug(x))[0], range(10))