List comprehensions in Python let you create a list declaratively, much like the way you would describe the set in English.
For example, [x**2 for x in range(10)] creates a list of the squares of the numbers 0 through 9.
If you wanted the sum of these numbers, you could of course say sum( [x**2 for x in range(10)] ) but in this case the brackets are unnecessary.
The code is easier to read and more efficient if you omit the brackets.
sum( x**2 for x in range(10) ) With the brackets, Python constructs the list first then sums the elements.
Without the brackets, you have a generator expression.
Python will sum the values as they’re generated, not saving all the values in memory.
This makes no difference for a short list as above, but with a large list comprehension the generator expression could be more efficient.
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