How can I understan the "for" here?

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:44:20 +0800
Kermit Mei <kermit.mei at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >>> ["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params.items()]
> ['pwd=secret', 'database=master', 'uid=sa', 'server=mpilgrim']
> 
> I can't understand the second sentence because of the "for ... in".
> I consider that the syntactics of "for" should be:
> 
> for k,v in params.items():

I think you are binding ':' here too tightly to the 'for' construct in
your mind.  The for construct is "for <variable(s)> in <sequence>"
which can be used as <block construct>:<statement(s)> in block
constructs.  The above is not a block construct but a list
comprehension so it follows different rules.

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