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Thanks for writing this, that clarifies the issue more clearly and concisely than what I had in mind. I will mention a core aspect of my argument, to add to yo

Thanks for writing this, that clarifies the issue more clearly and concisely than what I had in mind. I will mention a core aspect of my argument, to add to your point. When you make a named function and then use it separately somewhere else, there is a loss of locality. The logic is now further from its point of use. This is a cost, and sometimes it is an unreasonable one.

guitarbill 7y ago
i'd agree with this, except you can have a function within a function in Python to limit scope and keep it local. yeah, you have to define it before the code using it - sometimes this feels like a boon though, especially compared to huge inline lambdas. so over time, my annoyance with this has decreased, and it doesn't bother me anymore.