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Created February 2, 2012 03:32
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Python's Nested List Comprehensions
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batshit.py
words = []
for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
for word in line.split():
words.append(word)
# VS.
words = [word for line in sys.stdin.readlines() for word in line.split()]
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built commented Feb 2, 2012

Here's how I'd like it to be:
[word for word in line.split() for line in sys.stdin.readlines()]

Or at least how I expect it to be.

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