semicolon at end of python's statements

[Ben Finney]

Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart at gmail.com> writes:

> It is a shame that this is not possible in python. for..if exists in
> comprehensions and not in regular loops but that would be nice
> sometimes.

So you use it in a generator expression, and iterate over the generator:

    for foo in (spam for spam in sequence if predicate(spam)):
        process(spam)

That way, there's no need for new syntax.

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