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Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs?

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs?
Date 2015-03-15 23:22 -0700
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"Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> writes:
> I like dict comprehensions, but I don't use them very often, so when I do I 
> need to look up the format.

I never felt a need for them.  Do they generate better code than

   d = dict((k,v) for k,v in [('name','paul'),('language','python')])  ?

Anyway, since they are syntax, they'd be in the language refrence rather
than the library reference.

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Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-16 07:25 +0200
  Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 23:22 -0700
    Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-16 10:30 +0200
      Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-16 01:38 -0700
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-16 11:01 +0200
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-16 09:57 -0600
          Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-16 15:41 -0700
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-17 08:44 +0200
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2015-03-17 15:06 +0100
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 09:48 -0600
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-18 10:01 +0200
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-18 02:39 -0600

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