[Python-ideas] for/else syntax

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:23:27 pm Robert Kern wrote:

> > for x in xs:
> >     if cond(x):
> >         process()
> >     else:
> >         process_differently()
> > else:
> >    do_something_else()
> >
> >
> > for x in xs:
> >     process()
> > else:
> >    do_something_else()
> >
> >
> > They don't look anything like an indentation error to me.
>
> Am I missing something? Since those examples don't have any break
> statements in them, why do you use an else:?

My bad -- process and process_differently are meant to stand in for a 
*block*, presumably including a break, not just a function call. I was 
attempting to show the indent structure. I shouldn't have included the 
parentheses, which just muddied the water.



-- 
Steven D'Aprano