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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2004-08-07 19:16:32 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2004-08-07 19:16:32 (GMT) |
| commit | cbd81556bb975b72697d2989eccfbc9f3e39b3de (patch) | |
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[Bug #827209] Add footnote from Alex M. about listcomps leaking their index variables
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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex index 27127ad..0931920 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex @@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ case, the elements of the new list are those that would be produced by considering each of the \keyword{for} or \keyword{if} clauses a block, nesting from left to right, and evaluating the expression to produce a list element -each time the innermost block is reached. +each time the innermost block is reached\footnote{In Python 2.3, a +list comprehension "leaks" the control variables of each +\samp{for} it contains into the containing scope. However, this +behavior is deprecated, and relying on it will not work once this +bug is fixed in a future release}. \obindex{list} \indexii{empty}{list} |