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fredley
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PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been ac...
I love writing python, but the lack of decent map/reduce/etc. (that are really good in Javascript - the other language I mainly write) hurts. Stuff like your example really feels burdensome and inelegant in comparison.
pxndx
on July 3, 2018
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Python list comprehensions _are_ map/reduce.
dataflow
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I think you mean map/filter.
pxndx
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Yes, thanks for correcting me.
yxhuvud
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Sure, but they compose really bad.
vanderZwan
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Why? Just assign to a variable, then do another list comprehension on the next line, no?
yxhuvud
on July 6, 2018
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And that is a pretty sad state of affairs compared to ways that do compose well, like the one in Ruby which you can easily chain.
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