Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:06:42 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Falcolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Using the surrounding parentheses creates a generator object > > > > No. Using the generator expression syntax creates a generator > > object. > > > > Parentheses are irrelevant to whether the expression is a > > generator expression. The parentheses merely group the expression > > from surrounding syntax. > > No they are important:
Your example shows only that they're important for grouping the expression from surrounding syntax. As I said. They are *not* important for making the expresison be a generator expression in the first place. Parentheses are irrelevant for the generator expression syntax. -- \ “Today, I was — no, that wasn't me.” —Steven Wright | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
