[Python-ideas] Control Flow - Never Executed Loop Body

[Chris Barker]

>From the perspective of many, many (most?) people.  I use for loops and
> while loops *alot*, and I can count the times I have wanted to use the
> `else` clause in the meaning of "all my tests failed, so do this block" on
> the fingers of one hand.


I"ve only used for .. else a handful of times, and honestly, probably
forgot to use it when it would have been the right way to do something far
more times :-)

but I can't think of a SINGLE time when I wanted to know that the loop
didn't run because it's iterable was empty.

Which is my way of saying: I think adding something would make this use
case more clear and easy to do, but it's a rare enough use case that it's
not worth it.

-CHB

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