# Lets make λ as alternative keyword for lambda

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/lets-make-as-alternative-keyword-for-lambda/22225>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [December 27, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/lets-make-as-alternative-keyword-for-lambda/22225 "2022-12-27T15:09:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chuck\_Cartwright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/chuck_cartwright/32/10347_2.png) [@Chuck\_Cartwright](https://discuss.python.org/u/Chuck_Cartwright)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/lets-make-as-alternative-keyword-for-lambda/22225/1 "2022-12-27T15:09:19Z")

</div>

Make `λ` a keyword with identical meaning to `lambda`.  
Keyword `λ` would be more readable because it is shorter than `lambda`, besides `lambda` basically means `λ`.

Now that almost every PC can type non ASCII characters, we have snippets in every serious editor & we have formatters like Autopep & Black, I don’t see any reason to restrict code to English alphabet.

Because almost nobody used non-englis characters in code (outside of strings), this will not have significant impact on existing codebase.

Also almost every monospace font support Greek letters.

I also see this as an opportunity. Who knows what people can come up with if this will become accepted practice.

I 💚🐍!

---

_[View the full topic](https://discuss.python.org/t/lets-make-as-alternative-keyword-for-lambda/22225)._