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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs?
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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.