[Python-Dev] problem with genexp

[Brett Cannon]

On 10/10/05, Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a problem with genexp's that I think really needs to get
> fixed.  See http://python.org/sf/1167751 the details are below.  This
> code:
>
> >>> foo(a = i for i in range(10))
>
> generates "NameError: name 'i' is not defined" when run because:
[SNIP]
> If you add parens around the code:   foo(a = i for i in range(10))
> You get something quite different:

Do you mean having ``(foo(a = i for i in range(10))``?  Otherwise I
see no difference when compared to the first value.

-Brett