Feb. 25, 2010
2:45 p.m.
Nick Coghlan wrote:
spir wrote:
numbers if x%2==1] that confusingly repeats the item. Would there be any parsing issue if we let down "<expression> for" when it does nothing?
Yes, there's a parsing problem:
Even aside from the interpreter parsing problem, there's actually a more important human parsing problem. Without a filter call to imply iteration, we want to retain the "for" keyword so human readers can easily tell there is a loop involved in the construct. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------