[Python-ideas] PEP 572 version 2: Statement-Local Name Bindings

[Ethan Furman]

On 03/02/2018 07:30 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:
>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
>>> It would NOT work for anything where the bool() of
>>> the desired object doesn't exactly match the loop's condition.
>>
>>
>>     while condition(x) where x = something():
>>        ...
>>
>
> And we're back to needing a new keyword. Though this is reasonably
> plausible, so I could add it to the PEP (as another rejected
> alternative) if there's support for it.

So what happens to rejected alternatives when the PEP itself is rejected?  ;)

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~Ethan~