[Python-Dev] Lockstep iteration - eureka!

[Thomas Wouters]

On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 04:01:18PM +0100, Just van Rossum wrote:

> Features

>     It adds an optional clause to the 'for' statement:
> 
>         for <index> indexing <element> in <seq>:
>             ...

> Implementation
> 
>     Implementation should be trivial for anyone named Guido,
>     Tim or Thomas.

Well, to justify that vote of confidence <0.4 wink> I wrote a quick hack
that adds this to Python for loops. It can be found on SF, patch #101138.
It's small, but it works. I'll iron out any bugs if there's enough positive
feelings towards this kind of syntax change.

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Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>

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