A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty

[Peter Otten]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>> The code in the else suite executes only when the for loop is left via
>> break. A non-empty iterable is required but not sufficient.
> 
> You have a typo there. As your examples show, the code in the else suite
> executes only when the for loop is NOT left via break (or return, or an
> exception). The else suite executes regardless of whether the iterable is
> empty or not.

Yup, sorry for the confusion.