On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some people write > somename = lambda args: expression > instead of the more obvious (to most people) and, dare I say, standard > def somename(args): return expression > > The difference in the result (the only one I know of) is that the code and > function objects get the generic name '<lambda>' instead of the more > informative (in repr() output or tracebacks) 'somename'. I consider this a > disadvantage. > > In the absence of any compensating advantages (other than the trivial > saving of 3 chars), I consider the def form to be the proper Python style > to the point I think it should be at least recommended for the stdlib in > the Programming Recommendations section of PEP 8. > > There are currently uses of named lambdas at least in urllib2. This to me > is a bad example for new Python programmers. > > What do our style mavens think?
+1. -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
