[Python-Dev] list comprehensions again...

[Paul Prescod]

I'm sorry to muddy the waters, but perhaps a solution is to try and stay
as close to regular Python syntax as possible. I am thinking of a nested
comprehension as a regular nested for-loop that has an expression rather
than a suite as its body:

Nested (List):

[for x in (0,10,20,30):
	for y in (0,1,2,3):
		x+y]
[0,11,22,33]


Parallel (Tuple):

(for x in (0,10,20,30) and y in (0,1,2,3):
	x+y)
(0,11,22,33)


Parallel (Dict):

{for x in (0,10,20,30) and y in range (0,1,2,3):
	x,y}

The dict one needs a little explaining. A dict comprehension is a
comprehension where the delimiters are curly braces and the generated
items are required to be pairs.

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