[Python-Dev] Python Language Reference has no mention of list comÃprehensions

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 03.12.2015 18:30, Laura Creighton wrote:
> What I would like is if it were a lot easier for a person who just
> saw a list comprehension for the very first time, and was told what it
> is, to have a much, much easier time finding it in the Reference Manual.

Such a person should more likely be directed to the tutorial
rather than the very technical language spec :-)

> Would a section on comprehensions in general, defining what a comprehension
> is be appropriate?

We already have this in the tutorial:

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#list-comprehensions

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