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Lambdas are not really pythonic these days anyway list(map(lambda (some, thing): some + thing, everything)) # better list(some + thing for (some, thing)

Lambdas are not really pythonic these days anyway list(map(lambda (some, thing): some + thing, everything)) # better list(some + thing for (some, thing) in everything) Or, as the parent suggests, just create helper function, preferably one your python environment doesn't need to set up every time your outer function is called # okish, "verbose lambda" def compute(everything): def magic(elem): some, thing = elem return some + thing return list(map(magic, everything)) # probably better def magic(some, thing): return some + thing def compute(everything): return list(magic(some, thing) for (some, thing) in everything)

wfunction 10y ago
> Lambdas are not really pythonic these days anyway Too much nonsense in your comment. Really now? How about you give a realistic example where syntactic sugar doesn't substitute for it? Like what am I supposed to pass to sort(key)? And incidentally, this tuple unpacking problem comes up when sorting frequently... and that's the prime example on their web page (and a realistic one at that) for where you're supposed to use lambdas: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#lambda-expressions https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#lambda-e... If you're telling me this isn't Pythonic, you're really just not being sensible.
- js8 10y ago
  > Like what am I supposed to pass to sort(key)? And incidentally, this tuple unpacking problem comes up when sorting frequently... I suggest you look at namedtuple: https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.namedtuple https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collectio... I think you should watch some Raymond Hettinger's talks, he is discussing many little things like this.
- rndgermandude 10y ago
  Yes, Really Now! Your disdain for the answers people are giving you, and your abrasive demeanor tell me I can spend my time better than to discuss this further with you.

wfunction 10y ago

> Lambdas are not really pythonic these days anyway Too much nonsense in your comment. Really now? How about you give a realistic example where syntactic sugar doesn't substitute for it? Like what am I supposed to pass to sort(key)? And incidentally, this tuple unpacking problem comes up when sorting frequently... and that's the prime example on their web page (and a realistic one at that) for where you're supposed to use lambdas: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#lambda-expressions https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#lambda-e... If you're telling me this isn't Pythonic, you're really just not being sensible.

js8 10y ago
> Like what am I supposed to pass to sort(key)? And incidentally, this tuple unpacking problem comes up when sorting frequently... I suggest you look at namedtuple: https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.namedtuple https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collectio... I think you should watch some Raymond Hettinger's talks, he is discussing many little things like this.
rndgermandude 10y ago
Yes, Really Now! Your disdain for the answers people are giving you, and your abrasive demeanor tell me I can spend my time better than to discuss this further with you.