[Python-ideas] for/except/else

[Sven R. Kunze]

On 03.03.2017 09:47, Wolfgang Maier wrote:
> However, the fact that else exists generates a regrettable asymmetry 
> in that there is direct language support for detecting one outcome, 
> but not the other.
>
> Stressing the analogy to try/except/else one more time, it's as if 
> "else" wasn't available for try blocks. You could always use a flag to 
> substitute for it:
>
> dealt_with_exception = False
> try:
>     do_stuff()
> except:
>     deal_with_exception()
>     dealt_with_exception = True
> if dealt_with_exception:
>     do_stuff_you_would_do_in_an_else_block()

Even worse when we think about the "finally" clause.

Regards,
Sven
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