How do I efficiently filter computed values within a Python list comprehension?

Question

The Python list comprehension syntax makes it easy to filter values within a comprehension. For example:

result = [x**2 for x in mylist if type(x) is int]
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Answer 1

The most obvious (and I would argue most readable) answer is to not use a list comprehension or generator expression, but rather a real generator:

def gen_expensive(mylist):
    for item in mylist:
        result = expensive(item)
        if result:
            yield result

It takes more horizontal space, but it's much easier to see what it does at a glance, and you end up not repeating yourself.