BASIC or Python?

[Martin Rand]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 02:17:31 GMT, gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
wrote:

[snip]

>In case anyone is fooled, here's an example from the tutorial at 
>www.python.org, which also has a FAQ on what Python is for:
>
>>>> for n in range(2, 10):
>..     for x in range(2, n):
>..         if n % x == 0:
>..            print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
>..            break
>..     else:
>..          print n, 'is a prime number'
>.. 
>
>Now some people may very well find that lovable, but I certainly don't.  
>Note how the clever language design means that the 'else' must be 
>level-indented with the 'for'.   No doubt longer programs are even more 
>fun.  The FAQ on increasing speed helpfully notes that function calls 
>are expensive...
>
Gerry, I only just bumbled into this thread; forgive me if I'm
pointing out the obvious.

Where would you choose to indent the 'else:' if you had a choice?
Presumably you're aware that levelling it with the 'if' would have a
different effect? Or were you objecting to the fact that Python has a
'for:' 'else:' construct in the first place?


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