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It's wrong because naming is hard. When writing inline, it is possible that not having a name does not impact readability. When defining the function out of line, naming it casually may confuse readers.

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When we use lambdas, don't we usual end up assigning them to variables? In those cases, your point about naming will still hold!

Lambdas are assigned to function arguments/parameters. Pretty sure assigning a lambda to a variable is an anti-pattern.

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