Re:Coconut – Pythonic functional programming language
by nawitus on Thursday June 23, 2016 @02:14PM
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That seems like an argument against lambda functions in general - why use lambdas when you can define a static function for every case? Well, the answer in my opinion is because it makes code more readable if you can define a simple lambda function instead of having to name every single function in the code base.
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Re:Coconut – Pythonic functional programming language
by brianwawok on Thursday June 23, 2016 @03:25PM
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Well if you are going to reuse the function, name it. If it is a 1 time thing, use a lambda.
Re:Coconut – Pythonic functional programming language
by quietwhisper on Thursday June 23, 2016 @06:14PM
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Sounds great in theory. Problem is if you need a lambda that isn't a single expression, you then have to name it. Welcome to the conversation.