StopIteration in the if clause of a generator expression

[Simon Brunning]

On Apr 5, 2005 2:04 AM, Raymond Hettinger <vze4rx4y at verizon.net> wrote:
> [Steven Bethard]
> > So do I read this right in preferring
> >      [<x> for <y> in <z>]
> > over
> >      list(<x> for <y> in <z>)
> 
> Yes!

Why? (Serious question. I'm sure that you have a good reason - I just
can't figure out what it is.)

The generator expression has the advantage of not leaking references
into the enclosing namespace. What's advantage of the list comp?

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