[Python-Dev] list comprehensions again...

esr@thyrsus.com esr@thyrsus.com
Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:17:51 -0400


Skip Montanaro <skip@mojam.com>:
> 
>     Guido>     [(x,y) for x in (1,2,3) for y in (4,5,6)]
>     Guido> Would it be really bad if we forced them to write it that way?
> 
> For that matter, perhaps requiring parens for all tuple definitions in Py3k
> wouldn't be a bad idea.

+1.  IMO, naked tuples assignments are Perlish -- initially cute, but
confusing.  Syntactic junk food.
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