Python 2.0b1 List comprehensions are slow

[Remco Gerlich]

Duncan Booth wrote in comp.lang.python:
> How would you convert this one to a lambda?
> 
> >>> def test(fn):
> ...     a, b, c = 1, 2, 3
> ...     list = [fn()[z] for z in ('a', 'b', 'c')]
> ...     print list
> ...
> >>> test(locals)
> [1, 2, 3]

Heh. That's dirty. I was thinking about

def test(fn):
   a,b,c = 1,2,3
   list = map(lambda x,fnres=fn(): fnres[x], 'abc')
   print list
   
But it doesn't work if fn() has a side effect. fn() is only called once, which
is usually good but may be wrong :-). 

The lambda could be replaced by "fn().get", that's somewhat less general,
but faster.

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Remco Gerlich,  scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
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