Multiline lamba implementation in python.

[George Sakkis]

On Jun 12, 10:12 am, Kay Schluehr <kay.schlu... at gmx.net> wrote:
> On 12 Jun., 14:57, Facundo Batista <facu... at taniquetil.com.ar> wrote:
>
> > Remember that the *only* difference between the two functions is that
> > one is anonymous, and for other you have to came up with a name (name
> > that if is well thought, actually adds readibility to your code).
>
> The difference is that one can be inlined since it is an expression
> and the other has to be a statement and a reusable ( named )
> abstraction even when you don't need one. I have a very hard time to
> defend this as a good design decision even when it is just a minor
> pain point in almost all my practical purposes.

I think of it more as a "necessary evil" rather than a conscious
design choice. IIRC the "official" justification is that nobody came
up with an acceptable syntax for multiline lambdas; TOOWTDI is a
secondary reason (as one can easily come up with a dozen TOOWTDI
violations in other parts of the language). I agree though that in
practice it's a very small limitation.

George