lambda (and reduce) are valuable

[Fredrik Lundh]

Steven Bethard wrote:

> > I thought stuff like the following was idiomatic in GUI programming.
> > Do you really want separate names for all those callbacks?
> >
> > # generate calculator keypad buttons
> > Button(label='7', command=lambda: user_pressed(7)).grid(column=1, row=1)
> > Button(label='8', command=lambda: user_pressed(8)).grid(column=2, row=1)
> > Button(label='9', command=lambda: user_pressed(9)).grid(column=3, row=1)
> >
> > Button(label='4', command=lambda: user_pressed(4)).grid(column=1, row=2)
> > Button(label='5', command=lambda: user_pressed(5)).grid(column=2, row=2)
> > Button(label='6', command=lambda: user_pressed(6)).grid(column=3, row=2)
> > ...
>
> While I don't spend much time on GUIs, code like that would scream
> "refactor" to me, e.g. something like:
>
> class UserPressedButton(Button):
>      def __init__(self, i):
>          def command():
>              return user_pressed(i)
>          Button.__init__(self, label=str(i), command=command)
>
> Button(7).grid(column=1, row=1)
> Button(8).grid(column=2, row=1)
> Button(9).grid(column=3, row=1)
>
> Button(4).grid(column=1, row=2)
> Button(5).grid(column=2, row=2)
> Button(6).grid(column=3, row=2)

a temporary factory function should be sufficient:

    def digit(label, x, y):
        def callback():
            # print "BUTTON PRESS", label # debug!
            user_pressed(int(label))
        Button(label=label, command=callback).grid(column=x, row=y)

    # create numeric pad
    digit("7", 1, 1); digit("8", 2, 1); digit("9", 3, 1)
    digit("4", 1, 2); digit("5", 2, 2); digit("6", 3, 2)
    digit("1", 1, 3); digit("2", 2, 3); digit("3", 3, 3)

are people still missing that local functions are inexpensive in Python ?

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