Can one partially apply the second argument of a function that takes no keyword arguments?

Question

Take for example the python built in pow() function.

xs = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

from functools import partial

list(map(partial(pow,2),xs))

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Answer 1

you could use a closure

xs = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

def closure(method, param):
  def t(x):
    return method(x, param)
  return t

f = closure(pow, 2)
f(10)
f = closure(pow, 3)
f(10)