On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 15:10 -0800, Benjamin S Wolf 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
No, too confusing. Then people'll want compound loops e.g.:
for a in b if c while d else return x:
print('Ha ha I'm so clever!')
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