Alexey Borzenkov wrote:
>bearophileHUGS at lycos.com wrote:
> > but maybe it reduces code readabilty a bit for people
> > that have just started to program:
> >
> > mul2 = def(a, b):
> > return a * b
> >
> > Instead of:
> >
> > def mul2(a, b):
> > return a * b
>> For such simple cases, yes. What about:
>> button.click += def(obj):
> # do stuff
>> You obviously can't:
>> def button.click(obj):
> # do stuff
>> :-) And if you make intermediate function and then assign it somewhere,
> it "pollutes namespace": it's still left there, unneeded.
If you're really uptight about it you can
def temp_function(...):
....
button.click = temp_function
del(temp_function)
But for something like the example I'd probably just use a local name
wherever the definition is needed; there's no namespace pollution in
any meaningful sense then.
