Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Jul 4 02:54:55 EDT 2018

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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> - list builder syntax is syntax which returns a list;
> 
> - dict builder syntax is syntax which returns a dict;
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> - set builder syntax is syntax which returns a set;
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> - generator builder syntax is syntax which returns a generator.

You only get a list/dict/set from the first three after
you've run the iterators within it, but with a generator
expression, you already have a generator before you've
run it. That makes it feel different to me.

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Greg

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