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jgalt212last Thursday at 3:40 AM2 repliesview on HN

The utility value of multi-line lambdas is real, but the readability of these is terrible. And Python prizes readability. So you know where this initiative will end up.


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saagarjhalast Thursday at 3:56 AM

Nothing more readable than a triply-nested list comprehension on an object that exists only to vend its __getattr__ for some unholy DSL

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vrighterlast Thursday at 8:32 AM

I personally find python to be highly UNreadable, especially with all of its syntax and braindead scoping rules