Lambda functions in jQuery

Lambda functions in jQuery

Hi ! I'm new in jQuery, and seeing the examples I have noted that you always use lambda functions. Is there any reason for that? why you don't make something like this:

  1. $('something').click(on_click);
  2. ...
  3. function on_click(event)
  4. {
  5.   ...
  6. }
I think is more clear than:

  1. $('something').click( function(event) {
  2.          ...
  3. });

And we can edit and reuse the function easily, also if you are using an editor like Netbeans you can see all your functions in a list.
Even more, I think in some situations is faster a closure because we are not creating a new object every time we pass the function:

  1. for (var i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
        myObjects
    [i].onMyEvent = function() {
            
    // do something
        
    };
    }

Is there any reason for chosing lambda functions?

Thanks !