On December 3, 2015 10:09:56 AM CST, Ryan Gonzalez <rym...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >On December 3, 2015 8:26:23 AM CST, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> >wrote: >>In a message of Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:37:17 +0000, Paul Moore writes: >>>On 3 December 2015 at 12:51, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote: >>>> Intentional or Oversight? >>> >>>Hard to find :-) >>> >>>https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#displays-for-lists-sets-and-dictionaries >>> >>>I went via "Atoms" in the expression section, then followed the links >>>in the actual grammar spec. >>> >>>Paul >> >>I think the whole use of the language displays as in >> >> 6.2.4. Displays for lists, sets and dictionaries >> >> For constructing a list, a set or a dictionary Python provides >> special syntax called “displays”, each of them in two flavors: >> >> either the container contents are listed explicitly, or >> they are computed via a set of looping and filtering instructions, > >> called a comprehension. >> >>is very odd. I don't know anybody who talks of 'displays'. They >>talk of 'two ways to construct a'. >> >>Who came up with the word 'display' and what does it have going for >>it that I have missed? Right now I think its chief virtue is that >>it is a meaningless noun. (But not meaningless enough, as I >>associate displays with output, not construction). >> >>I think that >> >> 6.2.4 Constructing lists, sets and dictionaries >> >>would be a much more useful title, and >> >>6.2.4 Constructing lists, sets and dictionaries -- explicitly or >>through the use of comprehensions >> > >What about: > >6.2.4 Constricting lists, sets, and dictionaries (including >comprehensions) >
Whoops! I meant "Constructing", not "Constricting". Pythons definitely constrict their prey, but that's not what I was referring to... >or something to that effect? > >>an even better one. >> >>Am I missing something important about the 'display' language? >> >>Laura >>_______________________________________________ >>Python-Dev mailing list >>Python-Dev@python.org >>https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >>Unsubscribe: >>https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/rymg19%40gmail.com -- Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
