On 29 Sep., 03:55, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Simon Forman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | class FakeQueue(list):
> | put = list.append
> | get = lambda self: self.pop(0)
>
> Sorry, to me this is a foolish use of lambda as it is exactly the same as
>
> def get(self): self.pop(0)
Better use
def get(self): return self.pop(0)
otherwise you will *get* nothing ;)
BTW I wonder why a destructive operation is named *get* instead of
*take* ?
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