[PSA MEMBERS] Re: [Types-sig] Suggestions for python 2
skaller
skaller@maxtal.com.au
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:51:45 +1100
Edward Welbourne wrote:
>
> >> * certain tools the functional programmers crave, notably a truly
> >> faithful implementation of currie()
> >
> > not required: python lambdas subsume what can be done with
> > currying.
>
> Unfortunately, unless I'm missing something, this is only true when you
> know the call-signature of the function you are packaging.
> Can you show me a piece of valid python (using lambdas or otherwise)
> which achieves this effect ?
It hadn't occured to me you wouldn't know the arguments.
I always know the positional arguments (not necessarily the
optional ones) -- there's no other way to call a function :-)
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