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by mijamo 2898 days ago
Nononono

God please NO!

I would KILL not to make that happen. So many devs abuse those in every language that has that. Even lambas get sometimes abused in Python (and I have a few examples in our codebase unfortunately). Expanding lambdas' scope is the LAST thing I want in Python, this would just lead to worst codebases, with nearly 0 benefit.

If you want to do something that needs 2 expressions, just create a goddamn function and name it for god's sake.

Sorry but I had to say it, I think the lambda limitations is one of my favorite feature in Python.
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gugagore 2898 days ago
It's useful to be able to give names to things and it's also useful to not be able to give names to things.

It could and could also not be useful to give names to all the subexpressions in the following

w = a(b(c(x,y),z))

You could impose a limitation on how many function can be in a single expression, forcing you to give names. That's analogous to your favorite feature, no?

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