conditional for-statement
Falcolas
garrickp at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 15:42:34 EDT 2009
On Aug 25, 11:25 am, seb <sdemen... at gmail.com> wrote:
> We could as consistenly explain that the syntax
>
> for n in range(10) if n%3==0:
> body
>
> means
>
> for n in range(10):
> if n%3==0:
> body
>
> This syntax has also the benefit of avoiding an extra level of
> indentation (the one for the if) that bears no real meaning on a
> structural level.
>
> Maybe a PEP could do the job...
>
> Sébastien
So, what part of the statement does the "if" statement belong to;
particularly a concern considering this is valid python:
for x in y if y else z:
body
You can always do the following at the cost of 6 symbols, and the gain
of clarity:
for n in (x for x in y if y%3==0):
body
~G
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