Replacement for lambda - 'def' as an expression?

[Sybren Stuvel]

Paul Rubin enlightened us with:
> You're a little bit confused; "name" doesn't necessarily mean
> "persistent name".

Wonderful. Another feature added to Python (that is: the Python
version in my mind ;-) without the need to add any features to Python
(that is: the real Python)

Thanks!

Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? 
                                             Frank Zappa