Is this PEP-able? fwhile

Fábio Santos fabiosantosart at gmail.com
Mon Jun 24 18:41:03 EDT 2013


On 24 Jun 2013 22:29, "Ian Kelly" <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > This can probably be best achieved by adding to the existing for loop,
> > so maybe taking advantage of the existing for...if syntax and adding
> > for...while would be a better idea?
>
> The for...if syntax only exists for comprehensions and generators.  If
> we're going to add for...while for loops, then we might as well go
> ahead and add for...if loops there as well.
>
> That said, I do like this syntax better than "fwhile".

Good point. Still, I don't see why for..if doesn't exist in for loops
anyway. It may be lack of foresight, but I don't understand why at all.
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