A Guide to Python Lambda Functions - Adam Johnson
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In Python, Lambda functions are rare compared to “normal” functions, and occasionally misunderstood or overused.
  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    The general form is:

    (var := expression) rest of condition

    So you can do something awful like this:

    lambda: (y := 1) != 2 and y

    Not sure if that’s “good,” but it does kind of let you sneak a statement into the lambda.