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Functional Python Programming - Second Edition
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Functional Python Programming - Second Edition

by Steven F. Lott
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
408 pages
10h 42m
English
Packt Publishing
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Summary

In this chapter, we looked closely at writing pure functions free of side effects. The bar is low here, since Python forces us to use the global statement to write impure functions. We looked at generator functions and how we can use these as the backbone of functional programming. We also examined the built-in collection classes to show how they're used in the functional paradigm. While the general idea behind functional programming is to limit the use of stateful variables, the collection objects are generally stateful and, for many algorithms, also essential. Our goal is to be judicious in our use of Python's non-functional features.

In the next two chapters, we'll look at higher-order functions: functions that accept functions ...

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