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

[Steve Holden]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
[...]
> All joking aside, when I have names (temporary variables or scaffolding
> functions) that I need to initialise a module or data structure, but then
> outlive their usefulness, I del the name afterwards. Am I the only one? I
> can't say I've seen anyone else doing that, and it feels icky to me (for
> no reason I can put my finger on) -- what do others think?
> 
I don't generally speaking see the point: unless the name is referencing 
something potentially large (like the results of a database query) and 
won't be going out of scope soon (which typically happens at the end of 
the current method or function) I just leave it to happen automatically. 
If it doesn't happen (because the name exists at module scope) thwn what 
the heck.

You must be some kind of Python neatnik! If I need the external 
appearance of a module to be tidy I just use __all__.

regards
  Steve
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