Temporary variables in list comprehensions

[Roel Schroeven]

Lele Gaifax schreef op 6/04/2017 20:07:
> Piet van Oostrum <piet-l at pietvanoostrum.com> writes:
> 
>> It is a poor man's 'let'. It would be nice if python had a real 'let'
>> construction. Or for example:
>>
>> [(tmp, tmp + 1) for x in data with tmp = expensive_calculation(x)]
>>
>> Alas!
> 
> It would be nice indeed!
> 
> Or even
> 
>   [(tmp, tmp + 1) for x in data
>    with expensive_calculation(x) as tmp
>    if tmp is not None]
> 

Perhaps this:

     [(tmp, tmp + 1) for tmp in
      (expensive_calculation(x) for x in data)
      if tmp is not None]

A bit less elegant, but works right now.


-- 
Roel Schroeven