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bpo-32856: Optimize the assignment idiom in comprehensions. #16814

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serhiy-storchaka commented Oct 15, 2019

Now for y in [expr] in comprehensions is so fast as a simple assignment y = expr.

Unlike to the := operator this idiom does not leak a variable to the outer scope.

https://bugs.python.org/issue32856

serhiy-storchaka added the performance Performance or resource usage label Oct 15, 2019
serhiy-storchaka changed the title Optimize assignment idiom in comprehensions bpo-32856: Optimize the assignment idiom in comprehensions. Oct 15, 2019
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I don't have an opinion on the general feature, so just a few comments.

@@ -227,6 +227,17 @@ signals to a process using a file descriptor instead of a pid. (:issue:`38712`)
Optimizations
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* Optimized the idiom for assignment a temporary variable in comprehensions.
Now ``for y in [expr]`` in comprehensions is so fast as a simple assignment
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"as fast as" (also in news file)

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Done. Thank you.

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scoder commented Jan 12, 2020

LGTM

serhiy-storchaka merged commit 8c579b1 into python:master Feb 12, 2020
serhiy-storchaka deleted the optimize-assignment-in-comprehensions branch February 12, 2020 10:19
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