lambda

[Terry Reedy]

"Egor Bolonev" <ebolonev at mail.ru> wrote in message 
news:opskje6vb7xejsk1 at theurs.octopusnet.lan...
> why functions created with lambda forms cannot contain statements?

Because lambda was only ever intended to be an inline abbreviation of 
simple one-use functions whose body consists of 'return <expression>'.  It 
is clear to me that the word 'lambda' was a mistake since it engenders 
expectations of more than that from too many people, such as you.

Terry J. Reedy