Partial application is cool. What functionality does functools.partial offer that you can’t get through lambdas? >>> sum = lambda x, y : x + y >>> sum(1, 2) 3 >>> incr = lambda y : sum(1, y) >>> incr(2) 3 >>> def sum2(x, y): return x + y >>> incr2 = functools.partial(sum2, 1) >>> incr2(4) … Read more
I am not able to get my head on how the partial works in functools. I have the following code from here: >>> sum = lambda x, y : x + y >>> sum(1, 2) 3 >>> incr = lambda y : sum(1, y) >>> incr(2) 3 >>> def sum2(x, y): return x + y … Read more
I quite often see on the Internet various complaints that other peoples examples of currying are not currying, but are actually just partial application. I’ve not found a decent explanation of what partial application is, or how it differs from currying. There seems to be a general confusion, with equivalent examples being described as currying … Read more
