List Order of Initialization

[SamFeltus]

When a list initializes, will it always evaluate in order starting at
element 0 and finishing with the last element?

def f1(x):
return x + 2

def f2(x):
return x * 2

def f3(x):
return x * 3

the_list = [f1(7), f2(8), f3(4)]

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

When a list initializes, will it always evaluate in order starting at
element 0 and finishing with the last element?

def f1(x):
return x + 2

def f2(x):
return x * 2

def f3(x):
return x * 3

the_list = [f1(7), f2(8), f3(4)]

Yes.

Diez

 

[Terry Reedy]

When a list initializes, will it always evaluate in order starting at
element 0 and finishing with the last element?

def f1(x):
return x + 2

def f2(x):
return x * 2

def f3(x):
return x * 3

the_list = [f1(7), f2(8), f3(4)]

Yes.

From the fine manual:

Python evaluates expressions from left to right. Notice that while
evaluating an assignment, the right-hand side is evaluated before the
left-hand side.

In the following lines, expressions will be evaluated in the arithmetic
order of their suffixes:

expr1, expr2, expr3, expr4
(expr1, expr2, expr3, expr4)
{expr1: expr2, expr3: expr4}
expr1 + expr2 * (expr3 - expr4)
expr1(expr2, expr3, *expr4, **expr5)
expr3, expr4 = expr1, expr2