# Why not real anonymous functions?

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**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [January 30, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/why-not-real-anonymous-functions/44513 "2024-01-30T02:27:09Z")\
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> [@davidism](#):
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> It’s not my job to find all the previous references.

Sorry, I sincerely don’t mean to imply that you need to go digging up references for me. But I also ask you to give me the benefit of the doubt and assume I actually did some due diligence before posting this question to begin with and did not find any concrete proposals for anonymous functions outside of the existing lambda syntax. Not here, not in PEPs, and only very limited references on other forums. It’s entirely possible I’ve missed something.

> [@davidism](#):
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> And I already linked to one from 2006

That’s a strong reference given that it’s from BDFL. However, it’s also reasonable to ask whether an opinion held in 2006 is still relevant today.

> [@davidism](#):
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> Also, it’s not this specific one that’s “touchy”, literally every syntax change goes through this.

Perfectly fair and reasonable.

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