Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > A lambda is basically a function defined in an expression. For instance: > > def add_one(x): > return x+1 > > is (practically) the same as: > > add_one = lambda x: x+1
Those are only practically the same if you ignore the practical worth of a function knowing the name it was defined with. The latter does not have that, hence I don't see it as practically the same as the former. -- \ “The Vatican is not a state.… a state must have territory. This | `\ is a palace with gardens, about as big as an average golf | _o__) course.” —Geoffrey Robertson, 2010-09-18 | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
