On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 5:30 AM, Soni L. <fakedme...@gmail.com> wrote: > The generator syntax, (x for x in i if c), currently always creates a new > generator. I find this quite inefficient: > > {x for x in integers if 1000 <= x < 1000000} # never completes, because it's > trying to iterate over all integers > > What if, somehow, object `integers` could hook the generator and produce the > equivalent of {x for x in range(1000, 1000000)}, which does complete? > > What if, (x for x in integers if 1000 <= x < 1000000), was syntax sugar for > (x for x in range(1000, 1000000))? > > (I like mathy syntax. Do you like mathy syntax?)
I don't. I prefer to stick with the syntax we already have. The alternative is a more verbose way to identify a range, plus you need a new global "integers" which implies that you could iterate over "reals" the same way (after all, mathematics doesn't mind you working with a subset of reals the same way you'd work with a subset of ints). And good luck iterating over all the reals. :) ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/