"Phillip J. Eby" <pje@telecommunity.com> writes:
At 10:15 AM 10/17/03 -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Which is why I didn't like the 'sum[x for x in S]' notation much. Let's look for an in-line generator notation instead. I like
sum((yield x for x in S))
but perhaps we can make this work:
sum(x for x in S)
I like the look of this. In this context, it looks very natural.
Offhand, it seems like the grammar might be rather tricky, but it actually does seem more Pythonic than the "yield" syntax, and it retroactively makes listcomps shorthand for 'list(x for x in s)'. However, if gencomps use this syntax, then what does:
for x in y*2 for y in z if y<20: ...
mean? ;)
It means you're trying to be too clever, and should use parentheses :-)
It's a little clearer with parentheses, of course, so perhaps they should be required:
for x in (y*2 for y in z if y<20): ...
I'd rather not require parentheses in general. Guido's example of sum(x for x in S) looks too nice for me to want to give it up without a fight. But I'm happy to have cases where the syntax is ambiguous, or even out-and-out unparseable, without the parentheses. Whether it's possible to express this in a way that Python's grammar can deal with, I don't know. Paul. -- This signature intentionally left blank