Is current integer for-loop syntax a wart?

[John Schmitt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cromwell, Jeremy [mailto:jcromwell at ciena.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:26 AM
> To: 'Python List'
> Cc: 'David Eppstein'; 'James_Althoff at i2.com'
> Subject: Is current integer for-loop syntax a wart?
[...]
> -Not a wart
> This is the most pythonic way to write an integer for loop.  
> I would oppose
> almost any change.
[...]

Definitely NOT a wart.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Chermside [mailto:mcherm at destiny.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 5:39 AM
> To: python-list
> Subject: Re: Status of PEP's?
> 
> 
> Not that my opinion means anything, but I'll go ahead and 
> express it anyhow.
> 
>   1) I think that  "for i in range(len(items)):"  is awkward, annoying,
>      and detracts from Python. There should be a better way.

Is it?  Other people have said things to that effect too.  To me it looks
straightforward, unambiguous and explicit.  I fail to see anything awkward
or annoying about it.  'Awkward' and 'annoying' sound like aesthetic issues
to me.  

I have yet to see any proposed syntax that is more obvious, or has more
generality, or has fewer restrictions.  The proposal should improve at
*least one* of these in order to be adopted by the community.

John
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