[Python-Dev] PEP 340: Else clause for block statements

[Greg Ewing]

Nick Coghlan wrote:

> Option 1: mimic try, for, while semantics
>    An 'else' clause on a block statement behaves like the else clause on 
> for and while loops, and on try/except statements - the clause is 
> executed only if the managed suite completes 'normally' (i.e. it is not 
> terminated early due to an exception, a break statement or a return 
> statement)

I've always thought that was a particularly unintuitive use
of the word 'else', and I'm not sure I'd like it to be
extended to any new statements.

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