From cbd81556bb975b72697d2989eccfbc9f3e39b3de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 19:16:32 +0000 Subject: [Bug #827209] Add footnote from Alex M. about listcomps leaking their index variables --- Doc/ref/ref5.tex | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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} -- cgit v0.12