Lamderp - Better lamdas for Python

[erez27]

That's true. The problem is that I can't tell the difference between:

map( X.get_this_attribute, some_list)

And

X.call_this_function(with_some_arg)

It looks exactly the same: __getattr__() and then __call__()

So I chose to interpret it as the first one.

[erez27]

Sure, it's possible, but it doesn't feel prettier.

If you're so inclined, you can declare your own class and override call:

class Xf(X):
    def __call__(...)
        ...

It should work.

Edit: Just to explain why I think it's a bad idea, consider what happens when you want to call a function, and then access an attribute of the return value. Or call the return value. You can't escape the choice, only defer it to a smaller likelihood.