[Python-Dev] comprehension abbreviation (was: Adding any() and all()) (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Sat Mar 12 01:43:48 CET 2005


Jim Jewett wrote:

Note that the last x shouldn't have to be x.

[x in seq if f(x)] is by far my most common syntax error, and [x for x in seq if f(x)] is always what I want instead.

That 'x in seq' bit still shouts "containment" to me rather than iteration, though.

Perhaps repurposing 'from':

(x from seq if f(x))

That rather breaks TOOWTDI though (since it is essentially new syntax for a for loop). And I have other hopes for the meaning of (x from ()). . .

Cheers, Nick.

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