Re: anonymous function with multiple statements

2011-07-10 Thread Terry Reedy
On 7/10/2011 7:21 AM, Yingjie Lan wrote: I wonder if Python provides a way to define anonymous functions containing multiple statements? No, intentionally not. Forget this idea. Multiple functions named '' are inferior for representation purposes, like in error tracebacks, to those with indi

anonymous function with multiple statements

2011-07-10 Thread Yingjie Lan
Hi all, I wonder if Python provides a way to define anonymous functions containing multiple statements? With lambda form, we can only define a function of a single expression. In Javascript, it is possible to define a full-fledged anonymous functions, which suggests it is useful to have it. I