[Python-ideas] Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: unpacking generalisations for list comprehension

[Paul Moore]

On 17 October 2016 at 21:43, Sven R. Kunze <srkunze at mail.de> wrote:
> The statement about "cumbersomeness" was specific to this whole issue. Of
> course, importing feature-rich pieces from the stdlib is really cool. It was
> more the missed ability to do the same with list comprehensions of what is
> possible with list displays today. List displays feature * without importing
> anything fancy from the stdlib.

In your other post you specifically mentioned
itertools.chain.from_iterable. I'd have to agree with you that this
specific name feels clumsy to me as well. But I'd argue for finding a
better name, not replacing the function with syntax :-)

Cheers,
Paul