Odd name shadowing in comprehension

[eryk sun]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Steve D'Aprano
<steve+python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 01:15 pm, eryk sun wrote:
>
>> I meant the behavior seems to have been copied to align with generator
>> expressions, even though the cited rationale doesn't apply. I'm not
>> saying this is wrong. It's useful that the expression for the outer
>> iterator is evaluated in the defining scope. However, it's only
>> documented for generator expressions, in 6.2.8. The documentation for
>> comprehensions in 6.2.4 makes no mention of it.
>
> 6.2.8? 6.2.4? What are these references to?

They're section numbers in the Python 3 language reference. Chapter 6
covers expressions.

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions