Lambda Functions

[micseydel]

Because they're so limited in python, you could just never use them, and not be missing anything important.

Regarding this part... do you (or anyone else) know if this is likely to change in future? Or perhaps there is even ongoing effort in that direction?

What do you mean? They won't be removed from the language. Just don't worry about them until they come up, since you aren't missing much. If you find yourself passing functions as arguments, and you want shorter syntax, that's essentially all they do.