Using functions as statements on Python

Question

A great feature of Javascript is function statements. You can do this:

(function myFunc(){
    doSomething();
    doSomethingElse();
})(); 

Which is a way to declare a function and call it without having to refer to it twice. Can that be mimified on Python?

Answer 1

Python does not have this syntax for functions. It does, however, support the lambda syntax which can be used in this way. However, a lambda is an expression and not a statement, so it is limited.

(lambda x: x*x)(10)

would return 100

When this feature is needed, just use the def statement to define a function

...
def tmp(x,y):
   foo(x);
   foo(y);

tmp(12,24)
...