Re: removing list comprehensions in Python 3.0

>>> import timeit
>>> t1 = timeit.Timer('list(i for i in xrange(10))')
>>> t1.timeit()
27.267753024476576
>>> t2 = timeit.Timer('[i for i in xrange(10)]')
>>> t2.timeit()
15.050426800054197
>>> t3 = timeit.Timer('list(i for i in xrange(100))')
>>> t3.timeit()
117.61078097914682
>>> t4 = timeit.Timer('[i for i in xrange(100)]')
>>> t4.timeit()
83.502424470149151

Hrm, okay, so generators are generally faster for iteration, but not
for making lists(for small sequences), so list comprehensions stay.

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