[Python-Dev] RE: list comprehensions (was parsers and compilers for 2.0) (original) (raw)

Mark Hammond MarkH@ActiveState.com
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:02:36 +1000

ESR, responding to

[(x, y) for y in something for x in somewhere if y in x]

for list comprehension syntax:

Damn. That's unfortunate. With all due respect to the BDFL, I've come to believe that having special syntax for this (rather than constructor functions a la zip()) is a bad mistake. I predict it's going to come back to bite us hard in the future.

FWIW, these are my thoughts exactly (for this particular issue, anyway).

Wont-bother-voting-cos-nobody-is-counting ly,

Mark.