x[i] as loop variable

[Alex Martelli]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:

> But that doesn't mean going off the deep-end and writing:
> 
>     for a[3] in data: . . .
>     for a[:] in data: . . .
>     for a.abomination in data: . . .
>     for d[k] in data: . . .

Still, there IS some "coolness factor" in:

>>> d = {}
>>> for k, d[k] in pairs: pass
...
>>> d
{'p': 'i', 'k': 'o', 'b': 'a', 'm': 'a', 'l': 'u'}

after all, "for k, d[k] in pairs: pass" is so much more
show-offy than a mere "d.update(dict(pairs))"...!-)


Alex