[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 289 - Generator Expressions - Let's
MoveForward
Tim Peters
tim.one at comcast.net
Fri Apr 30 18:20:55 EDT 2004
>> Listcomps can be deprecated, although not all existing uses of listcomps
>> will translate directly into genexps.
[David Eppstein]
> Not all? When would [listcomp] ever not be replaceable by list(gencomp)?
The point of Armin's original msg in this thread was that direct replacement
can have different semantics. Applying a transformation (via list()) is a
different story, although I expect someone obsessed enough could concoct an
example that worked differently, because genexp guts truly live in a
different scope than listcomp guts (e.g., play games with locals()).
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