functional programming with map()

[Raymond Hettinger]

"mcherm" <mcherm at destiny.com> wrote in message
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> >> List comprehensions are declarative (no loops) and they avoid side
effects
> >> (no loop variables or temporaries)
> >
> > No side effects?  Try this:
> >
> > L = [x for x in range(10)]
> > print x
>
> Yeah, but that's a bug.

It COULD be a feature
despite its creepy-crawly,
six-legged, hive-dwelling,
crumb-eating nature.

Hard to tell.

Raymond Hettinger

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