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Sun Apr 29 19:00:55 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/082282.html

scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl (Remco Gerlich) writes:

> Bjorn Pettersen <BPettersen at NAREX.com> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> > or
> > 
> > 	def write(x):
> > 	   print x
> > 
> > 	map(lambda x: write(x), ['line one', 'line two'])
> 
> Argh. We need UUOL (Useless Use Of Lambda) awards.

Quite.  map and list comprehensions are meant for turning lists into
other lists, not for making lists of None while generating side-
effects.  TMTOWTDI, BMOTAS (= but most of them are silly).

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using lambda to print everything in a list