[Python-Dev] Python 2.4 | 7.3 The for statement

[Juan Carlos Rodrigo Garcia]

Hi My name is Juan Carlos Rodrigo, and I love Python. 
It is the most impressive and usefull language that
I have ever seen. 

I am studing, at http://www.uoc.edu, an Information 
Technology Postgraduate. And I have programmed some 
REXX applications in my past Jobs (So I love python, 
no more ENDS).

This is my Graduate final project http://ip.xpyro.com 
made in mod_python. I love mod_python too.

Please don't crash my AMD making queries. :|

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Python 2.4 | 7.3 The for statement:
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 for_stmt ::= "for" target_list "in" expression_list ":" 
  suite ["else" ":" suite]
 
 
New for statement:
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for_stmt ::= "for" target_list "in" expression_list
 [ "and" expression ] ":" 
  suite ["else" ":" suite]

  ** If the expression evaluates to False before 
     entering the for, jump else.
  ** If the expression is evaluated to False after 
     the first iteration, break.
 
 
So ¿What we can do with this new for?, 
and ¿It is going to avoid line exceed?:
 
"My second remark is that our intellectual powers are rather
geared to master static relations and that our powers to
visualize processes evolving in time are relatively poorly
developed." [1]
 
 
It is easier if we see it beforehand:
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leave = False
alist = [1,2,3,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
for item in alist and not leave:
 if item is 1: leave = True
 
 
Avoiding code exceed:
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a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
alist = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
for item in alist and a < 2 and b < 3 and c < 4:
 if item == 3: a += 1
 if item == 2: b += 1
 if item == 1: c += 1
print "%d %d %d" % (a,b,c)
# three lines off (25% less on breaks)

 
Other features and the else:
----------------------------
 
alist = [1,2,3]
enter = False
if list[0] == 4:
 enter = True
for item in alist and enter:
 print item
else:
 print "No account"
 
   
The real problem:
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"The exercise to translate an arbitrary flow diagram more or
less mechanically into a jump-less one, however, is not to be
recommended." [1]
 
Ok, it's not recommended, at large, but Python should make it possible,
and then the people will choose.
 
 
[1] Go To Statement Considered Harmful
Edsger W. Dijkstra
http://www.acm.org/classics/oct95/
 
PD: Your work is impressive, thanks.
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Juan Carlos Rodrigo Garcia.
jrodrigog at gmail.com