Paul Rubin wrote:
Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> writes:I'd never expect that for-loop assignment is even faster than a precreated iter object (the second test)... but I don't think this for-looping variable leaking behavior is guaranteed, isn't it?It is an intentional, documented feature: ...I prefer thinking of it as a documented bug. It is fixed in 3.x.
Nope to both. We are talking about for-loop statements. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list