[Python-ideas] One more time... lambda function <--- from *** signature def.

[David Townshend]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Bruce Leban <bruce at leapyear.org> wrote:

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> On Mar 3, 2014, at 22:02, David Townshend <aquavitae69 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> What about a new code literal object, e.g.
>>
>>     thunk = c'x + 3'
>>     thunk(x=2)
>>
>> This already exists.
>
>     thunk = lambda: x + 3
>     thunk(x=2)
>
> Your original post in this thread wanted to allow functions to magically
> capture their parameters as code (~ call by name) and it's been pointed out
> that that is incompatible with the way the language is designed and
> function calls are implemented. Yes, there are languages where the called
> function gets to tell the caller how to package arguments but Python isn't
> one of them.
>
> Now you seem to have veered in a different direction. I have no idea what
> problem you are trying to solve.
>
>
This is my first post in this thread - I don't recall who the OP was, but
it wasn't me.
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