On 22/08/18 17:59, Chris Barker via Python-ideas wrote:
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:51 AM, Stephan Houben<stephan...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Let me stand up and say that I personally like lambda. It's the standard
terminology and not easily confused.

I agree.

And secondly, even if I didn't like it, changing the name of something
because it's a slightly less confusing name to newbies is a really low
priority!

Jonathan isn't proposing to change the name, just to add a synonym. The obvious quote from the Zen at this point is:

"There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd
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