[Python-Dev] Naming comprehension syntax [was Re: Informal educator feedback on PEP 572 ...] (original) (raw)

Chris Barker - NOAA Federal chris.barker at noaa.gov
Fri Jul 6 11:51:16 EDT 2018

Are we just having fun here?

Or might we actually start using a new naming convention for the-syntax-formerly-known-as-generator-expressions?

-CHB

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On Jul 3, 2018, at 11:54 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

Steven D'Aprano wrote: - list builder syntax is syntax which returns a list; - dict builder syntax is syntax which returns a dict; - set builder syntax is syntax which returns a set; - generator builder syntax is syntax which returns a generator. You only get a list/dict/set from the first three after you've run the iterators within it, but with a generator expression, you already have a generator before you've run it. That makes it feel different to me. -- Greg

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