I find that I use lambda functions mainly for callbacks to things like integration or root finding routines as follows.
flow = integrate(lambda x: 2.0*pi * d(x)* v(x) * sin(a(x)),xBeg, xEnd) root = findRoot(xBeg, xEnd, lambda x: y2+ lp*(x-x2) -wallFunc( x )[0], tolerance=1.0E-15) I have tried using named functions instead of using lambda functions, however, I always end up with a convoluted, hard to follow mess. Is there a better solution than a lambda in the above situations? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list