So, as for the "post filter" - one can currently just express that in Python as:
[y for y in (abs(x) for x in numbers) if y > 5]
It may have one "internal generator" - but save for the little
performance saving, I don't see this as less readable than the proposals above.
As for the reuse of a value that might come in an expensive computation,
that is something I always missed in Python - so, a couple years ago I
put together
a small package that can do just that: duplicate a computed value in a
seamlesway, without requiring
an explicit variable assignment.
To do that, I use the mechanics of stack-based languages such as
Postscript and Forth -
as of now, one can do:
`
from stackfull import push, popclear, clear
[popclear() for x in numbers if push(expensive_calculation(x)) > 5]
`
The functions pergorm stack operation in a list that is created in a
transparent way on the
current Python execution frame local variables dictionary. Works fine
in Python, Python2 and pypy.
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/stackfull/0.9
(Yes, I've just updated it a little bit, due to this on-going discussion)
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And no, I am not suggesting this should go into the stdlib, I am just
pointing it as a helper to people
who would like that right now.
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On 8 March 2016 at 22:55, Terry Reedy
On 3/8/2016 9:17 AM, Allan Clark wrote:
tl;dr What is support like for adding an 'as' clause to comprehension syntax? In order to allow map-then-filter, it might look like something this:
[y for x in numbers if abs(x) as y > 5]
-1
Comprehensions abbreviate a particular pattern of collection initialization, nested for and if statements, and collection augmentation innermost, with the only binding being the loop names. They are easily translated back to the original pattern, although move than one level of nesting can challenge comprehension in the normal meaning of the work. I strongly feel that the current correspondence between conprehensions and statements should be maintained.
-- Terry Jan Reedy
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