On December 3, 2015 8:26:23 AM CST, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote: >In a message of Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:37:17 +0000, Paul Moore writes: >>On 3 December 2015 at 12:51, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote: >>> Intentional or Oversight? >> >>Hard to find :-) >> >>https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#displays-for-lists-sets-and-dictionaries >> >>I went via "Atoms" in the expression section, then followed the links >>in the actual grammar spec. >> >>Paul > >I think the whole use of the language displays as in > > 6.2.4. Displays for lists, sets and dictionaries > > For constructing a list, a set or a dictionary Python provides > special syntax called “displays”, each of them in two flavors: > > either the container contents are listed explicitly, or > they are computed via a set of looping and filtering instructions, > called a comprehension. > >is very odd. I don't know anybody who talks of 'displays'. They >talk of 'two ways to construct a'. > >Who came up with the word 'display' and what does it have going for >it that I have missed? Right now I think its chief virtue is that >it is a meaningless noun. (But not meaningless enough, as I >associate displays with output, not construction). > >I think that > > 6.2.4 Constructing lists, sets and dictionaries > >would be a much more useful title, and > >6.2.4 Constructing lists, sets and dictionaries -- explicitly or >through the use of comprehensions >
What about: 6.2.4 Constricting lists, sets, and dictionaries (including comprehensions) or something to that effect? >an even better one. > >Am I missing something important about the 'display' language? > >Laura >_______________________________________________ >Python-Dev mailing list >Python-Dev@python.org >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >Unsubscribe: >https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/rymg19%40gmail.com -- Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
