anonymous function with multiple statements

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/10/2011 7:21 AM, Yingjie Lan wrote:

> I wonder if Python provides a way to define anonymous functions containing
> multiple statements?

No, intentionally not. Forget this idea. Multiple functions named 
'<lambda>' are inferior for representation purposes, like in error 
tracebacks, to those with individual names. Just use def statements.

Terry J. Reedy