for ... else ?

[Nis Jørgensen]

exhuma.twn skrev:

>> for number in range(10,100):
>>      for divisor in range(2,number):
>>          if number % divisor == 0:
>>              break
>>      else:
>>          print number,
>>
> 
> Oh my. Would it not be an idea to rename this "else" into a "finally"?
> As Gabriel points out, the else-block gets executed after the for loop
> exits *normally*. In that case, is the "else" not semantically
> misleading? I would surely misunderstand it if I saw it the first time.

"finally" would be at least equally confusing IMO, indicating that the
code is always called (although this would of course make it a
ridiculous construct).

/Nis