On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Seebs <usenet-nos...@seebs.net> wrote: > I have an existing hunk of Makefile code: > CPPFLAGS = "$(filter -D* -I* -i* -U*,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))" > For those not familiar with GNU makeisms, this means "assemble a string > which consists of all the words in $(TARGET_CFLAGS) which start with one > of -D, -I, -i, or -U". So if you give it > foo -Ibar baz > it'll say > -Ibar > > I have a similar situation in a Python context, and I am wondering > whether this is an idiomatic spelling: > > ' '.join([x for x in target_cflags.split() if re.match('^-[DIiU]', x)]) > > This appears to do the same thing, but is it an idiomatic use of list > comprehensions, or should I be breaking it out into more bits? > > You will note that of course, I have carefully made it a one-liner so I > don't have to worry about indentation*. > > -s > [*] Kidding, I just thought this seemed like a pretty clear expression.
I believe this is correct, but I may be wrong. Try and see. CPPFLAGS = ' '.join(filter(lambda x: x.startswith(('-D', '-I', '-i', '-U')), cflags)) Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list