Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.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 0.039 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'earlier.': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'fork': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'undesirable': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'community.': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'correct': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'words': 0.29; 'subject:list': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'that.': 0.31; 'use?': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'yes.': 0.31; 'open': 0.33; 'but': 0.35; 'so,': 0.37; 'ben': 0.38; 'handle': 0.38; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'changed': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'ian': 0.60; "you've": 0.63; 'distance': 0.65; 'stated': 0.69; 'wish': 0.70; 'yourself': 0.78; 'subject:this': 0.83; 'communicate,': 0.84; 'conflicts': 0.84; 'fragments': 0.84; 'received:125': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: Explanation of this Python language feature? [x for x in x for x in x] (to flatten a nested list) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:01:21 +1100 References: <9daf0806-02de-4447-964c-c8f8953c23e5@googlegroups.com> <533836c4$0$29994$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <533F2D0F.2080806@gmail.com> <533F3796.1000807@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jigong.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xBD41714B X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 9CFE 12B0 791A 4267 887F 520C B7AC 2E51 BD41 714B X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:viMbDRt92lfaYb6ZQFAypSUh8KQ= 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: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1396677700 news.xs4all.nl 2883 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47838 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:69721 Mark H Harris writes: > On 4/5/14 12:02 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: > > A fork is undesirable because it fragments the community. I don't > > think "fear" or "panic" are the right words for it. > > Yes. I get that. So, you get that “fear” and “panic” are not the right words to characterise the undesirability Ian describes. Did you use those words anyway, despite knowing they're not the right words to use? Or did you think they were the right words to use, and now you've changed your position? I don't see where that happened, so I'm confused. Or do you still think they are the correct words to use, but now wish to distance yourself from that position? This may seem trivial, but I'm trying to get a handle on what it is you mean to communicate, when your stated position in one message conflicts with your stated position only a few messages earlier. -- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, but | `\ where will we find an open tattoo parlor at this time of | _o__) night?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney