Is there a better/simpler way to filter blank lines?

[Ben Finney]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_666 at gmx.net> writes:

> On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:06:42 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> 
> > Falcolas <garrickp at gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> >> Using the surrounding parentheses creates a generator object
> > 
> > No. Using the generator expression syntax creates a generator
> > object.
> > 
> > Parentheses are irrelevant to whether the expression is a
> > generator expression. The parentheses merely group the expression
> > from surrounding syntax.
> 
> No they are important:

Your example shows only that they're important for grouping the
expression from surrounding syntax. As I said.

They are *not* important for making the expresison be a generator
expression in the first place. Parentheses are irrelevant for the
generator expression syntax.

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