On Fri, 8 May 2009 10:16:55 +0100, Alan Cameron <alan.came...@iname.com> wrote: [snip] > > In particular reference to the tutorial section > http://docs.python.org/3.0/tutorial/datastructures.html#nested-list-comprehensions > > There is a word which is ambiguous, at least to me. > > Perhaps you can explain the use of the word 'comprehensions'. > > Comprehension I understand > Comprehensions I don't. > > Is there a glossary of terms somewhere?
"Comprehension", in this context, is a computer-science term, described in section 5.1.3 of the web page you quoted. If you look up "comprehension" in Wikipedia, you'll get a description of various uses of the term, including a pointer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_comprehension -- To email me, substitute nowhere->spamcop, invalid->net. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
