"sins" (aka, acknowledged language problems)

[Bijan Parsia]

Alex Martelli <Alex.Martelli at think3.com> wrote:

> Bijan Parsia writes:
> 
> > So, you could just use 'for' with the added notion that providing two
> > variables gives you the index in the first one.
> > 
> > As I recall, this didn't lead to any confusion in NS.
> > 
> > I don't know if this conflicts with already legal Python. But it seems
> > much preferable than a different keyword.
> > 
> It would indeed conflict -- "for x, y in e" already has a useful
> meaning when e is a sequence of tuples, as it unpacks each
> tuple into x and y variables.

Hmm. How about, "for index of x,y in e" or "foreach i of x in e" (where
'index' and 'i' are just variables)?

Cheers,
Bijan Parsia