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Re:PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been accepted by makapuf on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @04:15PM (#17453311)
Did you mean intention (french spelling) is a translation for list comprehension ? First time I've seen it used ( https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_en_compr%C3%A9hension ) Sorry if I misunderstood.
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Re:PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been accepted by sametmax on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @05:30AM (#17456163)
Not 'intention' (will/wish), but 'intension' (as the opposite of extension: see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intension_et_extension).

"comprehension list" in french can be translated to "liste en intension"

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Re:PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been accepted by dorfsmay on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @09:10AM (#17457053)
Interesting, the word exist in English too, but I cannot find anywhere how it is supposed to be pronounced, in either language.
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Re:PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been accepted by misterkeys on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @12:29PM (#17458091)
Unfortunately, at least in English, it's pronounced the same as intention. This causes brief confusion in introductory logic and semantics classes everywhere.
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Re:PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been accepted by makapuf on Thursday July 05, 2018 @05:12PM (#17466890)
TIL, thanks. It seems to be the kind of perfectly adapted idiom (that no one uses or understand).
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