[Python-Dev] Please reconsider PEP 479.

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Hrvoje Niksic <hrvoje.niksic at avl.com> wrote:
> To retrieve a single value from an iterator, one can use the for/break/else
> idiom:
>
> def my_generator():
>     ...
>     for val in it:
>         yield val
>         break
>     else:
>         return
>     ...

While that does work, it's not really much more "normal" than a
try/except. A for loop implies iteration; having a loop with a hard
"break" at the end of it messes with expectations.

ChrisA