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

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Fri Jul 6 14:20:05 EDT 2018

On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 08:52 Chris Barker - NOAA Federal via Python-Dev < python-dev at python.org> wrote:

Are we just having fun here?

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

If you can create a groundswell of support then maybe.

-Brett

-CHB Sent from my iPhone > 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 _> ________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/chris.barker%40noaa.gov

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