On 09/11/2016 06:36 AM, Dominik Gresch wrote:
So I asked myself if a syntax as follows would be possible:
for i in range(10) if i != 5: body
Personally, I find this extremely intuitive since this kind of if-statement is already present in list comprehensions.
What is your opinion on this? Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I didn't find anything in the archives.
I find it interesting. I thing that this will likely take up too many columns in more convoluted loops such as for element in collection if is_pretty_enough(element) and ...: ... However, this "problem" is already faced by list comprehensions, so it is not a strong argument against your idea. I am still unsure about whether or not the pattern you describe is frequent enough to justify special syntax. Not to mention that the current way to do it is already **very** readable. Just notice how for e in l: if e != 2: ... and for e in l if e != 2: ... read essentially the same and take about the same number of keystrokes.