On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 08:52 Chris Barker - NOAA Federal via Python-Dev <python-dev@python.org> wrote:
Are we just having fun here?
Or might we actually start using a new naming convention for
the-syntax-formerly-known-as-generator-expressions?
If you can create a groundswell of support then maybe.
-Brett
-CHB
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> On Jul 3, 2018, at 11:54 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> - list builder syntax is syntax which returns a list;
>> - dict builder syntax is syntax which returns a dict;
>> - set builder syntax is syntax which returns a set;
>> - generator builder syntax is syntax which returns a generator.
>
> You only get a list/dict/set from the first three after
> you've run the iterators within it, but with a generator
> expression, you already have a generator before you've
> run it. That makes it feel different to me.
>
> --
> Greg