[Python-ideas] List Comprehensions

[Alexander Walters]

On 2/3/2016 05:18, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Yes, that's true - but it's still a new feature for Python 3.5, not a 
> change to Python 2. Same with reinstating the u"..." prefix for 
> Unicode strings - clearly and solely for Py2 compat, but not a change 
> to Py2. Anyone who's proposing changes to the language needs to at 
> least be aware of Python 3, and have tried the code in question under 
> it. (Yes, there are very rare exceptions, where changes DO happen in 
> Py2 - hash randomization comes to mind - but if I were explaining the 
> list's purpose to someone, I'd ignore those rarities in the interests 
> of simplicity.)
It's also not that simple, since 2.7 got put into a weird state that it 
will receive critical feature updates for at least 4 more years. We 
kinda have to be open to hearing about them on -ideas.  (I do not 
foresee that happening a lot, but it is possible for say... a security 
related feature that needs to be added to 2.7 to be suggested here - 
like the tls and hmac changes)