Eric Nieuwland wrote:

The full syntax is: [ f(x) for x in seq if pred(x) ]
>
being allowed to write 'x' instead of 'identity(x)' is already a shortcut,

That's a really strange way of looking at it. Unless you would also say that

  x = y

is a shorthand for

  x = identity(y)

Not that it's false, it just seems like a completely
unnecessary layer of mental gymnastics...

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