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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2008-12-17 00:38:28 (GMT)
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Issue #2183: Simplify and optimize bytecode for list comprehensions.
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@@ -463,9 +463,11 @@ Miscellaneous opcodes.
address to jump to (which should be a ``FOR_ITER`` instruction).
-.. opcode:: LIST_APPEND ()
+.. opcode:: LIST_APPEND (i)
- Calls ``list.append(TOS1, TOS)``. Used to implement list comprehensions.
+ Calls ``list.append(TOS[-i], TOS)``. Used to implement list comprehensions.
+ While the appended value is popped off, the list object remains on the
+ stack so that it is available for further iterations of the loop.
.. opcode:: LOAD_LOCALS ()