Newbie: list comprehension troubles..

[Ben Finney]

Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com> writes:

> tlist = [pair for pair in ((obj, obj.intersect(ray)) for obj in
> self.objs) if pair[1] is not None]
>
> Should it be done? Probably not. [Compared to a ‘for’ suite with an
> ‘if’ suite, it's] less readable and less efficient.

I disagree on the “less efficient”, unless you've measured it. The
Python compiler and machine make list comprehensions and generator
expressions turn into quite efficient code.

I also disagree on “less readable”, if you show the structure and choose
meaningful names (I can only guess at the meaning from the OP's code)::

    tribbles = [
        (obj, tribble) for (obj, tribble) in (
            (obj, obj.intersect(ray))
            for obj in self.objs)
        if tribble is not None]

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Ben Finney