[Python-Dev] parsers and compilers for 2.0

[Eric S. Raymond]

Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
> > Last I checked, list comprehensions hadn't been accepted.  I think
> > there's at least one more debate waiting there...
> 
> Check again, they're already checked in. The implementation may change
> later, but the syntax has been decided (by Guido):
> 
> [(x, y) for y in something for x in somewhere if y in x]

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.
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