On 2010-09-23, Andreas Waldenburger <use...@geekmail.invalid> wrote: > On 23 Sep 2010 03:54:52 GMT Seebs <usenet-nos...@seebs.net> wrote: >> I don't generally like constructs where important structural >> information comes late in the construct. [snip]
> I think that is precisely the reason that the elements of the list come > *first* in the list comprehension expression. The foremost idea of list > comprehensions is "build a list", while the idea of a for-loop is > "iterate over something". Interesting! I tend to think of "building a list" as more like a for loop than like a data item with a qualifier. If the first word inside the [] were "for", that would tell me that the list was going to have some kind of looping or generating going on, while if it's an expression, especially a complicated expression, I don't know that right away. But I can see it making sense either way for the loop, just because of the similarity to mathematical notation. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
