Nicolas Chauvat wrote: > Jason Tackaberry wrote: > >> exit_error = Callback(sys.exit, 1) >> >>Now if we call exit_error(), sys.exit(1) gets called. Or, if we call >>exit_error(foo), that expands to sys.exit(1, foo). >> >> > No sure this is the right place where to discuss this, but the above > sounds a lot like function currying which one usually finds in > functionnal languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currying > > There are recipes on ActiveState: > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/search?query=currying&x=17&y=4&type=Recipes
We already have such stuff in kaa.base
>>I do agree that lambda is a bit of a
>>bastardization, because it only allows basic expressions, and I think
>>this is really the main beef people seem to have with lambda: if you
>>can't do it properly, don't do it at all.
>>
> I can relate to that :)
I know lisp and like it. So I also like lambda, map and friends. OK,
they don't belong into an oo language, but they are nice to have.
Dischi
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