On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
that's what it's for -- I'm confused as to what the problem is.
> > {x for x in integers if 1000 <= x < 1000000} # never completes, because
> it's
> > trying to iterate over all integers
>
this is a set comprehension -- but what is "integers"? is it a generator?
in which case, it should take an argument so it knows when to end. Or if
it's really that symple, that's what range() is for.
However, similarly, I find that sometimes I want to iterate over a slice of
a sequence, but do'nt want to actually make the slice first.
So there is itertools.islice()
If "integers" is a sequence:
{x for x in integers[1000:10000]}
makes an unneeded copy of that slice.
{x for x in itertools.islice(integers, 1000, 10000)}
will iterate on the fly, and not make any extra copies.
It would be nice to have an easier access to an "slice iterator" though --
one of these days I may write up a proposal for that.
-CHB
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