[Python-Dev] PEP 340 - possible new name for block-statement
David Ascher
david.ascher at gmail.com
Fri Apr 29 18:42:33 CEST 2005
On 4/28/05, Guido van Rossum <gvanrossum at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about, instead of trying to emphasize how different a
> block-statement is from a for-loop, we emphasize their similarity?
>
> A regular old loop over a sequence or iterable is written as:
>
> for VAR in EXPR:
> BLOCK
>
> A variation on this with somewhat different semantics swaps the keywords:
>
> in EXPR for VAR:
> BLOCK
>
> If you don't need the variable, you can leave the "for VAR" part out:
>
> in EXPR:
> BLOCK
>
> Too cute? :-)
If you want to truly confuse the Ruby folks, you could go for something like:
{ EXPR } VAR:
BLOCK
<wink/>
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