Incorrect scope of list comprehension variables

Tim Roberts timr at probo.com
Sun Apr 4 00:58:01 EDT 2010


Alain Ketterlin <alain at dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> wrote:
>
>I've just spent a few hours debugging code similar to this:
>
>d = dict()
>for r in [1,2,3]:
>    d[r] = [r for r in [4,5,6]]
>print d

Yes, this has been fixed in later revisions, but I'm curious to know what
led you to believe that a list comprehension created a new scope.  I don't
that was ever promised.
-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.



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