[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>> f = lambda x: s
...
>>>> f(None)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <lambda>
> NameError: global name 's' is not defined
>
> It seems to me, that f is referencing the name s instead of the string
> object bound to it
Of course it is. Why would you expect a function to lookup its global
variables before it is called? Remember "f = lambda x: s" is just a
confusing way to write:
def f(x):
return s
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