On Feb 11, 11:10 pm, Benjamin S Wolf <bsw...@google.com> wrote: > It occurred to me as I was writing a for loop that I would like to > write it in generator comprehension syntax, eg. > > for a in b if c: > > rather than using one of the more verbose but allowable syntaxes: > > for a in (x for x in b if c): > > for a in b: > if not c: continue > > Python 3.1 does not support "for comprehensions", and a few cursory > searches of PEPs and this list don't turn up anything. I like the idea > enough to suggest it though I'm unfamiliar with the PEP/feature > request process (PEP 1 pointed me here). What do other people think? > > --Ben
Can't help with the PEP stuff, but ummm... is anything wrong with filter()? For some things, I personally find it more readable in some circumstances than list/gen comps. I don't mind predicates at "the end", but sometimes they're more obvious at "the front". Jon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
