D H wrote: > Daniel Schüle wrote: > > Hello NG, > > > > I am wondering if there were proposals or previous disscussions in this > > NG considering using 'while' in comprehension lists > > > > # pseudo code > > i=2 > > lst=[i**=2 while i<1000] > > > > of course this could be easily rewritten into > > i=2 > > lst=[] > > while i<1000: > > i**=2 > > lst.append(i) > > That would loop endlessly since you don't increment i. > You can use i**=2 for i in range(1000) instead
I don't think one can use assignment in list comprehension or generator expression. The limitation is very much like lambda. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
