for: else: - any practical uses for the else clause?

MonkeeSage MonkeeSage at gmail.com
Sat Sep 30 03:56:38 EDT 2006


Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> I must say that the for/else construct is a LOT more readable than the
> rewritten alternatives.

+1

I just wish it had a more intuitive name like "after:" or "then:", as
"else:" seems like a choice between the loop and the other block (but
really the choice is between StopIteration and break).

Regards,
Jordan




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