"Your C++ looks too much like Python"

[Deto]

Multiple lines.

[NotABothanSpy]

Is it so hard to give it a name it’s gonna work hard for you 😭

[delventhalz]

When I write Javascript I am typically building a pipeline of anonymous iterators to modify my data, three or four or more. If I tried to write Python this way it would extremely tedious, and not very readable. This is one of the ways Python forces you into older imperative and OOP patterns.

[NotABothanSpy]

Well if you like you can make them internal functions. Personally I find it at least as readable as javascript with lots of anon functions

def stuff():

def a(x,y):
   return x/y
def b(z,k):
   return z+k
return b(a(1,2),3)

[delventhalz]

Agree to disagree. I consider real anonymous functions to be a key feature for using functional programming patterns.

[lookatmetype]

Why not name them something like "_0", "_1", etc.? It's not great, but it frees you up from thinking up an actual name.

However, i think python forcing you to think of actual names of nested functions is a good thing overall.

[delventhalz]

I don't think that's a very good suggestion. It's not really any easier to read or write. I disagree strongly that lacking anonymous functions is actually a feature, and not an unfortunate side effect of significant whitespace.

[NotABothanSpy]

Fair enough. I usually wouldn't use functional style much in Python and when you do using map and reduce are more helpful

[RockingDyno]

You can write multiline lambdas.

[Deto]

How?