On Apr 27, 1:10 pm, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > The difference between > > hasvowels = lambda x:max([y in x for y in "aeiou"]) > > and > > def hasvowels(x): return max([y in x for y in "aeiou"]) > > is that the first is 4 chars shorter, but the result has a generic > .__name__ attribute of '<lambda>' insteand of the specific 'hasvowels', > which is definitely more useful. Given this and the that the main > purpose of lambda is to avoid a local name binding, many consider its > use in 'name = lambda...' to be bad form. > > tjr
Point taken. Thanks for the explanation, Terry! Thanks also to John for pointing out the execution speed difference when compared to regular expressions. I try as much as possible to experiment with different variations for certain code blocks, but I still don't have enough of the language in my head to think of all the possible alternatives. Those examples are great for oiling the mental machine. Cheers! Justin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
