[Python-Dev] Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs)

Fredrik Lundh Fredrik Lundh" <effbot@telia.com
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:51:43 +0200


moshe wrote:
> >     # normal case
> >     for (x,) in zip([0, 1, 2]):
> >         ...
> >=20
> >     # special case
> >     for x in zip([0, 1, 2]):
> >         ...
>
> I'm sorry, I don't buy that.
>=20
> # "special case"
> for x in [0, 1, 2]:
> ...
>=20
> # "special case"
> do_something_that_requires_a_list_of_tuples(zip(*lists))

we sure have a major disconnect here -- wasn't the source
of this discussion the need to be able to loop over multiple
sequences in parallel?

isn't "for" what you'd usually use when looping over things?

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