[Haskell-cafe] Python?

[Pierre Barbier de Reuille]

Jerzy Karczmarczuk a écrit :
> Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote about Python and lambdas:
> 
>>
>> Well, I would not recommand using lambda functions ! The main reason 
>> is they are limited in that they only accept expressions (ie. not 
>> statements) and you can end up with very ugly things (mainly because 
>> of the lack of if-expressions).
> 
> 
> Oh! You would *like to have imperative statements within LAMBDA*?
> 
> Friend, you are in state of mortal sin!
> 
> I suppose that if somebody decides to use lambdas, he wants to do some
> functional programming, no?
> 
> True, there are no conditional expressions. But there are because of the
> laziness of boolean combinators. This works:
> 
> (x > y) or 'allez en enfer'


That's not my point ! I'm only saying there is no if-expression ... so 
you _need_ statements. And if you really want to use lazy boolean 
operators, you'll end up having very ugly code replacing tests ...

Pierre

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