# Why not real anonymous functions?

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/why-not-real-anonymous-functions/44513>\
**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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**Author:** ![ericvsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@ericvsmith](https://discuss.python.org/u/ericvsmith)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/why-not-real-anonymous-functions/44513/39 "2024-01-31T17:30:19Z")

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> [@Axe319](#):
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> A quick search gave me [this thread](https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/KTRI2NOWA2YGFHOHQ2DFVD2O4UBU5ADY/#XS6P33QMBPRZ2C563OPTWG7NJRZ2K7VZ) which in turn links to 3 other threads with similar proposals.

That eventually leads to [this comment](https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/GJ7Z73UVWTVUJDILWWAIMH3VMMTH424O/), which I think sums up the major problem, that being one of syntax. I know people will disagree, but for me, if the syntax problem were resolved, then I’d welcome “expressions that produce functions consisting of multiple statements”, commonly called multi-line lambdas.

But without a solution to the syntax issue, the whole argument is not worth having.

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