[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bengt Richter) writes: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:07:31 -0400, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I know, lambda bashing (and defending) in the group is one of the most >>popular ways to avoid writing code. However, while staring at some Oz >>code, I noticed a feature that would seem to make both groups happy - >>if we can figure out how to avoid the ugly syntax. > try > > > http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?as_q=anonymous+def&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python > > for much discussion of this ;-)
Well, that pretty much kills that. I knew there had been a lot of discussion about anonymous functions, anonymous blocks, and of course various lambda replacements. But I didn't realize almost exactly this proposal had been discussed before. Shouldn't surprise me, though. Thanks to everyone who took the time to read and respond. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list