functional vs procedural list comprehension
Peter Dobcsanyi
petrus at pobox.com
Fri Sep 7 18:34:43 EDT 2001
Tim Peters <tim.one at home.com> wrote:
> [Peter Dobcsanyi]
>> ...
>> I would be interested in the reasons for the procedural choice and
>> arguments for functional vs procedural behavior.
> I wouldn't. If somebody wants faster listcomps, don't argue about it,
> implement it. If it actually has a killer speed advantage, have faith that
> Guido will rationalize away any change in semantics <wink> -- but first be
I was more interested in the semantical aspect than in performance
considerations. Even if they did not have "killer speed advantage" I
would prefer functional list-comps.
But then ...
> potential-isn't-always-easy-to-actualize-ly y'rs - tim
... I cannot argue with that.
Peter
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