[Python-3000] Set literal

[Georg Brandl]

Greg Ewing schrieb:
> Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>> Greg Ewing writes:
>> 
>>  > Also, if generator expressions had come first, we
>>  > would probably never have gotten list comprehensions.
>> 
>> I don't understand.  A list comprehension is for when you know you're
>> going to want to work with the whole list.
> 
> But list(genexp) gives you very nearly the same thing --
> so near that I find it hard to imagine anyone would have
> thought to suggest a dedicated LC syntax if genexps had
> already been present in the language.
> 
> And if anyone had, Guido would have said "-1, too many
> ways to do it".

Hm, but wouldn't he then have removed list comprehensions
by now using the time machine?

Georg

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