>> As I see it, a lambda is an anonymous function. An anonymous function
>> is a function without a name. We already have a syntax for a
>> function... why not use it. ie:
>>
>> f = filter(def (a): return a > 1, [1,2,3])
Kay> You mix expressions with statements.
You could remove the "return" and restrict the body of the def to an
expression:
f = filter(def (a): a > 1, [1,2,3])
That looks almost exactly like a lambda, but uses "def" and parenthesizes
the argument list. It seems to me that would remind people "this is a
function".
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