[Python-Dev] parsers and compilers for 2.0
Trent Mick
trentm@ActiveState.com
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:25:18 -0700
On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 11:29:14PM +0000, Finn Bock wrote:
> [Thomas Wouters]
>
> >[(x, y) for y in something for x in somewhere if y in x]
> >
> >The parentheses around the leftmost expression are mandatory. It's currently
> >implemented something like this:
> >
> >L = []
> >__x__ = [].append
> >for y in something:
> > for x in somewhere:
> > if y in x:
> > __x__((x, y))
> >del __x__
>
> Thank you for the fine example. At least I now think that know what the
> feature is about.
>
Maybe that example should get in the docs for list comprehensions.
Trent
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Trent Mick
TrentM@ActiveState.com