Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'syntax': 0.04; 'subject:two': 0.07; 'english,': 0.09; 'subject:into': 0.09; 'translate': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; '>>': 0.16; '10:05': 0.16; 'believes': 0.16; 'brackets': 0.16; 'delimit': 0.16; 'expression.': 0.16; 'fabio': 0.16; 'iterating': 0.16; 'program...': 0.16; 'subject:based': 0.16; 'ternary': 0.16; ':-)': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'example': 0.22; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; '>': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; 'subject:list': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'comments': 0.31; 'though.': 0.31; 'another': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'case,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'c++': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'list': 0.37; 'skip:& 10': 0.38; 'process,': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'explain': 0.39; '12,': 0.39; 'aside': 0.39; 'generating': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'course': 0.61; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'square': 0.74; 'obvious.': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=SMPgsd5bOkgTlhFa3iyP7ie7fTcGhSxNBuJMo5O1psE=; b=mTYXjlpCf1Ud1l1biPgPyRRLnLa1hqXFswIsLM564SElUPSmHypztvimOYV61qB6x3 NwqD+V2wAHxHCBmpwc74cbZqWn7dE3uBxjG0kQK8hm85W9w9FHk5qlKhoN04acBJ04dF xhgBw4feQYw8yxUGUA6IgD4HoPdCZbLceIumXb2JOylxzPOfOwZ8JeR6mGbMIqXEOBI/ j0q8I+L7K93lGuBpkxreBYFvl9qzSjxj2soCtVt2SWAFdWzJUlSe9+XRffimHgH8MvX2 Ntp4oORGprGAq8d9RXiLDTQ6NU0UJJLOww7wjDyCFd+HlPgVvU7vaEdptOVgx5FlHo9a VHvA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.106.195 with SMTP id y3mr18152445qao.35.1370973935306; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:05:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <37e02d07-a058-48a2-9aad-80613f2df636@a15g2000pbu.googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:05:35 +0100 Subject: Re: Split a list into two parts based on a filter? From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?F=E1bio_Santos?= To: Chris Angelico Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3074b33a69962b04dee4becd Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 96 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1370973938 news.xs4all.nl 15881 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:41359 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:47689 --20cf3074b33a69962b04dee4becd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11 Jun 2013 18:48, "Chris Angelico" wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:23 AM, rusi wrote: > > On Jun 11, 10:05 pm, F=E1bio Santos wrote: > >> On 11 Jun 2013 17:47, "rusi" wrote: > >> > >> > [Of course I would prefer a 3-liner where the body of the for is > >> > indented :-) ] > >> > >> Is this an aside comprehension? > > > > Eh? > > I know they always say "don't explain the joke", but I'll have a shot > at it. It's somewhat like an autopsy though - you find out why it > ticks, but in the process, you prove that it's no longer ticking... > > An aside comprehension is a means of generating an aside in-line, as > an expression. In this case, Fabio believes that you were iterating > over the smiley to generate comments about three-liners, and the > square brackets delimit the comprehension just as they do in a list > comprehension. > > It's another case of code syntax cropping up in English, like this > example of ternary punctuation from a C++ program... > > //TODO?: blah blah blah > > That doesn't translate too well into Python though. > > ChrisA > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list That was the joke. Unfortunately I didn't have a better synonym for "aside" so it wasn't so obvious. --20cf3074b33a69962b04dee4becd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On 11 Jun 2013 18:48, "Chris Angelico" <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:23 AM, rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 11, 10:05 pm, F=E1bio Santos <fabiosantos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 11 Jun 2013 17:47, "rusi" <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > [Of course I would prefer a 3-liner where the body of th= e for is
> >> > indented :-) ]
> >>
> >> Is this an aside comprehension?
> >
> > Eh?
>
> I know they always say "don't explain the joke", but I&#= 39;ll have a shot
> at it. It's somewhat like an autopsy though - you find out why it<= br> > ticks, but in the process, you prove that it's no longer ticking..= .
>
> An aside comprehension is a means of generating an aside in-line, as > an expression. In this case, Fabio believes that you were iterating > over the smiley to generate comments about three-liners, and the
> square brackets delimit the comprehension just as they do in a list > comprehension.
>
> It's another case of code syntax cropping up in English, like this=
> example of ternary punctuation from a C++ program...
>
> //TODO?: blah blah blah
>
> That doesn't translate too well into Python though.
>
> ChrisA
> --
> http:/= /mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

That was the joke. Unfortunately I didn't have a better = synonym for "aside" so it wasn't so obvious.

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