[Python-Dev] Re: generator expressions (original) (raw)

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Sat Apr 24 11:02:55 EDT 2004

On Apr 24, 2004, at 10:58 AM, Peter Harris wrote:

Michael Chermside wrote:

How do we go about asking people to try it out (is a mention by Guido on comp.lang.python sufficient)?

-- Michael Chermside

I'll play with generator expressions gladly. I have been using list comprehensions like mad, even in cases where I suspect a generator would be better. Also, I have a few uses of generators that might look clearer as generator expressions. So I'd be more than happy to make a test version of my current projects using generator expressions, just to see when they can make the code clearer, and whether there is anything about the semantics that trips me up too easily. I don't think my data sets are going to be big enough to test performance, just usability. Now, if someone checks in the implementation of PEP309 too , I would be as happy as a biscuit...

Well, I'm +1 on PEP309. I regularly wish I had partial function application in Python. I also plan to experiment with generator expressions sooner than later.

-bob

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