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19.10: Glossary

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conditional expression:
An expression that has one of two values, depending on a condition.
list comprehension:
An expression with a for loop in square brackets that yields a new list.
generator expression:
An expression with a for loop in parentheses that yields a generator object.
multiset:
A mathematical entity that represents a mapping between the elements of a set and the number of times they appear.
factory:
A function, usually passed as a parameter, used to create objects.

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