Re: lambda() naming
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Sat, 03 Jun 2000 15:33:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: lambda() naming | ||
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On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, Zeev Suraski wrote:
>
> What do you guys think about the name of lambda()? While it's fairly
> equivalent to its LISP counterpart, I think we can safely assume most
> people won't understand what it means at all (except for it seeming like
> Lambada...).
> Should it be called create_function() or anonymous_function() or
> something?
No, please, let's keep it lambda(). People will learn - and since Lisp
and Python call it lambda, it'll be familiar to them as well.
-Andrei
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