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

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"Gary Herron" <gherron at islandtraining.com> wrote in message
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> So just use a def.  It is constantly pointed out on
> this list that the lambda provides no extra expressive power, it is
> merely a shortcut

No, it is not merely a shortcut.  It often allows one to avoid
polluting
the namespace with a completely superfluous function name, thus
reducing code smell.  It can also avoid a multi-line function defintion
which often pushes other relevant code off the current page and
out of view, and thus lambda can increase program readability.

>  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.

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