"Alexander Myodov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello, > for k in a1: > pass > print "k: %s" % k > where "k" lives long after the actual need in it was lost,
There are occasions, especially when one breaks out of the loop, when keeping k bound *is* useful. If a1 generates big resources that you want the last one of freed, or if having k still bound just bothers you, del k > and even list comprehensions: > b1 = [l for l in a1] > print "l: %s" % l This will go away in 3.0. For now, del l if you wish. Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
