On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:57:37 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> def func(x): >> ... >> >> # later >> save_func = func >> func = lambda x, y: do_stuff(x, 3*y)-4 result = >> something_that_calls_func() >> func = save_func >> >> >> Nasty, horrible code, yes? But it's nasty and horrible because "func" is >> bound to a function, it would be equally nasty and horrible if it was a >> data type (a string, a list, an int, a flag, ...) instead. > > Oops, I left out a word. It is NOT nasty and horrible specifically > because "func" is bound to a function, it would be equally horrible if it > were a data type.
I was having a little trouble parsing that! Thank you for the Iolanthe-style[1] update. ChrisA [1] http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/iolanthe/web_op/iol23d.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
