[Python-ideas] Generator syntax hooks?

[Chris Barker]

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> After all, we have "break" in both for and while loops, so clearly there is
>>> the use case...
>>>
>>
> In both cases, we use 'break' to mean break.  If we want to break
> comprehensions, I think we should continue to use 'break' to mean break
> instead of twisting 'while' to mean 'break'.


I was thinking that too.


>> [expression for x in sequence if condition break]


hmm, but if you want to filter, also?

[expression for x in sequence if condition if condition break]

or

[expression for x in sequence if condition break if condition ]

both of those seem more confusing to me than while.

-CHB


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