Python lambda is somewhat limited, compared to lambda in some other languages. Guido isn't overly fond of lambda or other functional building blocks (and even p

Python lambda is somewhat limited, compared to lambda in some other languages. Guido isn't overly fond of lambda or other functional building blocks (and even planned to remove it from Python, before there was a sufficient outpouring of support for keeping it). http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196 http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196 As I understand it, the primary limitation is that Python lambda only works with a single expression (I think it also has some weirdness regarding scope when calling functions?). I haven't poked seriously at Python since around about the time they were talking about removing it, so I probably have no idea what I'm talking about. The idea is that generators and list comprehensions do the things most people do with lambdas in a more Pythonic way.