Re: lambda() naming

AG>> no one learns Python at university as far as I know), I never heard of AG>> lambda(). Contrary to popular opinion, lambda is not LISP-thing. It's functional calculus thing - lambda-function. Just LISP uses it because it's functional language. The urban legend tells that LISP creators called it lambda because they diagreed on how to spell "alpha" - but I think it's just an urban legend :) AG>> I am more against having two names for this lambda() function AG>> than actually calling it lambda(). But I do think it is a better AG>> idea to call it a more meaningful (IMO) name. Well, then I'd call it new_function, not anonymous_function - because a) it's not anonymous indeed - the function returns name and b) "anonymous" is long and non-trivially spelled word and c) it reminds new Function syntax in Javascript (for what it worth). -- Stanislav Malyshev stas@zend.com +972-3-6139665