Bugs item #1306043, was opened at 2005-09-27 18:56 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by birkenfeld You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1306043&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.4 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Invalid Priority: 5 Submitted By: Alexander Schliep (schliep) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Syntax error in Python Library Reference, 6.1.4. Files ... Initial Comment: See http://docs.python.org/lib/os-file-dir.html Python Library Reference, first example in Section 6.1.4 Files and Directories has an obvious syntax error. import os from os.path import join, getsize for root, dirs, files in os.walk('python/Lib/email'): print root, "consumes", print sum(getsize(join(root, name)) for name in files), #error print "bytes in", len(files), "non-directory files" if 'CVS' in dirs: dirs.remove('CVS') # don't visit CVS directories Should be print sum([getsize(join(root, name)) for name in files]), ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld) Date: 2005-09-27 19:46 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 No, sorry. The docs you are referring to are the docs for Python 2.4, and Python 2.4 introduces so-called "generator expressions", and this is one. See http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/node4.html for more information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1306043&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com