Accessing class variables from a list comprehension in the class definition

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How do you access other class variables from a list comprehension within the class definition? The following works in Python 2 but fails in Python 3:

class Foo:
    x = 5
    y = [x for i in range(1)]

Python 3.2 gives the error:

NameError: global name 'x' is not defined

Trying Foo.x doesn’t work either. Any ideas on how to do this in Python 3?

A slightly more complicated motivating example:

from collections import namedtuple
class StateDatabase:
    State = namedtuple('State', ['name', 'capital'])
    db = [State(*args) for args in [
        ['Alabama', 'Montgomery'],
        ['Alaska', 'Juneau'],
        # ...
    ]]

In this example, apply() would have been a decent workaround, but it is sadly removed from Python 3.

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