if <assignment>:

[Terry Reedy]

"Bengt Richter" <bokr at oz.net> wrote in message
news:arrjjs$2ro$0 at 216.39.172.122...
> except in perverse ways (and this is not the only one):
>  >>> b=123
>  >>> if [a for a in [b]][0] == 123: print 'aha'
>  ...
>  aha
>  >>> a
>  123

Interesting ...

>
> BTW, are list comprehensions going to get their own local namespace
sometime
> or is this the way it's going to be forever?

Probably same as for for loops.

tjr