[PLUG] python, lambda, map

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

In the below, I want L=[3,4,5,6] at the end.  Clearly that's not
what's happening.

The problem is that I want to use a map with a lambda form, so I can't
make assignments.

    >>> def foo(x):
    ...     return [x,x+1]
    ...
    >>> foo(3)
    [3, 4]
    >>> foo(3).extend(foo(5))
    >>> L=foo(3).extend(foo(5))
    >>> L
    >>>

I want to write something like this:

    L = map(lambda x: foo(x).extend(foo(x+2)), L)

Any thoughts?

I might have to break down and name this function...

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