> letting tuples-like objects (x,y,z=0) acting as functions on other > tuples I wonder why this would not be a good starting point of > rethinking anonymus functions? > > In Georges proposition the action is > > (x,y,z=0) -> (x,y,z) > > i.e. mapping tuples on other tuples. This is equivalent to > > lambda x,y,z=0:(x,y,z)
As you say for yourself, that's just lambda in disguise. So I guess the same arguments about the in- or exclusion of lambda apply here. I personally like lambda, but _can_ live without it. -- Regards, Diez B. Roggisch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list