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[Python-ideas] Another way to avoid clumsy lambdas, while adding new functionality

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Thu Mar 6 02:27:45 CET 2014 
On 2014-03-05 23:23, Greg Ewing wrote:
> Carl Smith wrote:
>> I was thinking of a short word which describes an
>> expression who's evaluation changes depending on the local
>> circumstances. Like a legal bill, not a dollar bill.
>
> Oh. Well, I must say that this was very far from being
> the first interpretation of the word "bill" that sprang
> to mind when I saw it.
>
> I wasn't even aware of this meaning of the term "legal
> bill" (although admittedly I'm not used to living in a
> country where the laws vary wildly from one place
> to another).
>
In the UK we talk about "Bills" being put before Parliament.

It reminds me of that quotation about the UK and US: “Two nations
divided by a common language”. In the UK you can pay a bill using a
cheque; in the US you can pay the check using bills (but a "check" is
also a (UK) cheque!).
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