"Weird" Indentation? (Or: is there a for...else construct?)

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Peter Otten schrieb:
> Andreas Waldenburger wrote:
> 
>> I've found something in the spirit of the following (in the epydoc
>> sources, if you care):
>>
>> if True:
>>     print "outer if"
>>     for t in range(2):
>>         if True:
>>             print "for if"
>>     else:
>>         print "phantom else"
>>
>> For the life of me I can't place the "else". Which if clause does it
>> belong to? None, it would seem from running the above snippet:
>>
>> outer if
>> For if
>> For if
>> Phantom else
>>
>> It seems that there is a for...else construct. Replacing the inner if
>> with pass seems to confirm this. The else clause is still executed.
>>
>> What's broken here: Python or my brain?
> 
> Your rtfm sensor?
> 
> http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-for-statement
> 
> In short, the else suite is executed unless the for-loop is left
> via 'break':

Or exceptions of course. Might be obvious, but for completeness' sake.

Diez