[$] "Real" anonymous functions for Python

There are a number of different language-enhancement ideas that crop upwith some regularity in the Python community; many of them have been debated and shot down multipletimes over the years. When one inevitably arises anew, it can sometimes bedifficult to tamp it down, even if it is unlikely that the idea will goany further than the last N times it cropped up. A recent discussion about"real" anonymous functions follows a somewhat predictable path, but thereare still reasons to participate in vetting these "new" ideas, despite thetiresome, repetitive nature of the exercise-examples of recurring feature ideas that were eventually adopted definitely exist.