Python学习笔记（1）functional programming

attribute定义

attributes: an object that is bound to the class or the object

function和method区别

method: an attribute that is callable

code introspection

recover the source code of our functions/methods

inspect.getsource(my_func)
'''
a string containing our entire def statement, including 
annotation, docstring, etc.
'''

higher order function定义

a function that that takes a function as a parameter and/or returns a function as its return value

reducing function定义

a function that recombine an iterable recursively, ending up with a single return value
也被称为 accumulator/aggregator/folding functions

partial function定义

operator module