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diff --git a/Doc/faq/design.rst b/Doc/faq/design.rst index 724eecf..0f1c558 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/design.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/design.rst @@ -347,20 +347,20 @@ Answer 2: Fortunately, there is `Stackless Python <http://www.stackless.com>`_, which has a completely redesigned interpreter loop that avoids the C stack. -Why can't lambda forms contain statements? ------------------------------------------- +Why can't lambda expressions contain statements? +------------------------------------------------ -Python lambda forms cannot contain statements because Python's syntactic +Python lambda expressions cannot contain statements because Python's syntactic framework can't handle statements nested inside expressions. However, in Python, this is not a serious problem. Unlike lambda forms in other languages, where they add functionality, Python lambdas are only a shorthand notation if you're too lazy to define a function. Functions are already first class objects in Python, and can be declared in a -local scope. Therefore the only advantage of using a lambda form instead of a +local scope. Therefore the only advantage of using a lambda instead of a locally-defined function is that you don't need to invent a name for the function -- but that's just a local variable to which the function object (which -is exactly the same type of object that a lambda form yields) is assigned! +is exactly the same type of object that a lambda expression yields) is assigned! Can Python be compiled to machine code, C or some other language? |