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  \section{PEP 289: Generator Expressions}
  
! The iterator feature introduced in Python 2.2 makes it easier to write
! programs that loop through large data sets without having the entire
! data set in memory at one time.  Programmers can use iterators and the
! \module{itertools} module to write code in a fairly functional style.
! 
! % XXX avoid metaphor
! List comprehensions have been the fly in the ointment because they
! produce a Python list object containing all of the items, unavoidably
! pulling them all into memory.  When trying to write a
! functionally-styled program, it would be natural to write something
  like:
  
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  \section{PEP 289: Generator Expressions}
  
! The iterator feature introduced in Python 2.2 and the
! \module{itertools} module make it easier to write programs that loop
! through large data sets without having the entire data set in memory
! at one time.  List comprehensions don't fit into this picture very
! well because they produce a Python list object containing all of the
! items, unavoidably pulling them all into memory.  When trying to write
! a functionally-styled program, it would be natural to write something
  like:
  
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  The first form is more concise and perhaps more readable, but if
  you're dealing with a large number of link objects the second form
! would have to be used.
  
  Generator expressions work similarly to list comprehensions but don't
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  The first form is more concise and perhaps more readable, but if
  you're dealing with a large number of link objects the second form
! would have to be used to avoid having all link objects in memory at
! the same time.
  
  Generator expressions work similarly to list comprehensions but don't