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Various notes, all about Python

Various notes, all about Python

Posted Sep 7, 2006 14:26 UTC (Thu) by Wummel (subscriber, #7591)
In reply to: Various notes, all about Python by fwenzel
Parent article: Various notes, all about Python

Yes, partial() implements currying. Currying was possible before with the lambda operator, but partial() also allows keyword arguments, plus not all like the lambda operator in Python :)
See also PEP 309.


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Various notes, all about Python

Posted Sep 7, 2006 14:59 UTC (Thu) by fwenzel (guest, #33783) [Link]

Ah, thanks a bunch for the link :)

Various notes, all about Python

Posted Sep 7, 2006 16:23 UTC (Thu) by AJWM (guest, #15888) [Link]

> Currying was possible before with the lambda operator,

Making a nice lamb curry, no doubt.

(Sorry, that was bad, but it's almost lunchtime...)

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