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 us

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.