On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:28:46 +1000, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> GvR has commented that he want to get rid of the lambda keyword for Python > 3.0. > Getting rid of lambda seems like a worthy goal, Can I ask what the objection to lambda is? 1) Is it the syntax? 2) Is it the limitation to a single expression? 3) Is it the word itself? I can sympathise with 1 and 2 but the 3rd seems strange since a lambda is a well defined name for an anonymous function used in several programming languages and originating in lambda calculus in math. Lambda therefore seems like a pefectly good name to choose. So why not retain the name lambda but extend or change the syntax to make it more capable rather than invent a wholly new syntax for lambdas? Slightly confused, but since I only have time to read these groups regularly when I'm at home I have probably missed the bulk of the discussion over the years. Alan G. Author of the Learn to Program website http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
