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Wed Mar 24 18:53:00 EST 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-March/043484.html

Gareth McCaughan <gmccaughan at synaptics-uk.com>:

> It's not clear to me that lambdas are any more obviously a special
> construct than generator expressions.

If the absence of lambda is considered to make it look too
straightforward, we could always introduce a new mysterious-looking
keyword, and even throw in a colon for good measure...

  g = (gamma: x*x for x in stuff)

:-)

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[Python-Dev] generator expression syntax