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

[Eric Fahlgren]

David R. Murray wrote: 
> I think the intuitive notion of "literal" is "the value is literally what is written
> here".  Which is a redundant statement; 'as written' is, after all, what literally
> means when used correctly :).  That makes it a language-agnostic concept if I'm
> correct.

So { x : 1 } is not literally a literal, it's figuratively a literal, or more simply a figurative.

Eric