for -- else: what was the motivation?

[Rob Cliffe]

I too have occasionally used for ... else.  It does have its uses. But 
oh, how I wish it had been called something else more meaningful, 
whether 'nobreak' or whatever.  It used to really confuse me.  Now I've 
learned to mentally replace "else" by "if nobreak", it confuses me a bit 
less.
Rob Cliffe

On 12/10/2022 22:11, Weatherby,Gerard wrote:
> As did I.
>
> tree = ET.parse(lfile)
>              for child in tree.getroot():
>                  if child.tag == 'server':
>                      break
>              else:
>                  raise ValueError(f"server tag not found in {lfile}")
>
> I think there are other places I could be using it, but honestly I tend to forget it’s available.
>
> From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gweatherby=uchc.edu at python.org> on behalf of Stefan Ram <ram at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
> Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 2:22 PM
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> Axy <axy at declassed.art> writes:
>> So, seriously, why they needed else if the following pieces produce same
>> result? Does anyone know or remember their motivation?
>    Just wrote code wherein I used "else"! This:
>
> import locale
> for name in( 'de', 'de_DE', 'deu_deu', 'deu', 'German', 'Deutsch' ):
>      try: locale.setlocale( locale.LC_ALL, name ); break
>      except locale.Error: pass
> else: print( "Programm kann deutsche Schreibweise nicht einrichten." )
>
>    .
>
>
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