Python Tutorial Was: Guido's regrets: filter and map

[Grant Edwards]

In article <m28yzgz0wr.fsf at localhost.bris.ac.uk>, Michael Hudson wrote:
> grante at visi.com (Grant Edwards) writes:
> 
>> In the case of reduce:
>> 
>>   sum = reduce(operator.add, valueList)
>> 
>> How is that expressed any better with a list comprension?
> 
> It's not.  It's better expressed as a for loop, though.

sum = 0
for v in valueList:
  sum += v

I think the former is more obvious, but I guess it's a matter
of taste.

> The for loop
> might well be quicker, too (cue Alex proving me wrong :).

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