if i understand correctly, forms such as (lambda x,y:x+y)(a,b) can only be gained thru experience? and not documented directly anywhere in the official docs?
The official documentation can't list every possible permutation of the various syntactic constructs. It does explain parenthesis, the lambda expression, and calling syntax; the particular combination of the three that you're using can therefor be logically understood from the docs.
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