Re: what's wrong with "lambda x : print x/60,x%60"


bonono@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> rurpy@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > and, as you just found out, a rather restrictive one
> > > at that.
> >
> > In part because Python's designers failed to make "print" a function
> > or provide an if-then-else expression.
> >
> Why would one need print in lambda ? I like ternary operator(and there
> is ugly work around though still 100% functional). But print ?

I dashed that last part off quickly, so I don't have a good reason.
Maybe to insert a debugging print temporarily?

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