[Python-Dev] accumulator display syntax

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Oct 21 18:11:17 EDT 2003


> I think it's well worth overcoming come "community resistance
> to new syntax" to get this kind of advantage easily.  The trick
> of binding outer-scope variables as default args is neat but
> buys less than the pure idea of just using a generator rather
> than a list comprehension.

Thanks for the measurements!

Is someone interested in writing up a PEP and taking it to the
community?  Or do I have to do it myself (and risk another newsgroup
meltdown)?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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