for / while else doesn't make sense

[BartC]

On 03/06/2016 03:47, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 8:52:52 AM UTC+12, BartC wrote:
>> Simple iterative for-loops are more of a DIY effort...
>
> There is one case that Python handles more nicely than C. And that is iterating over a fixed set of values. E.g. in Python
>
>     for rendering in (False, True) :
>         ...
>     #end for
>
> versus the (slightly) more long-winded C:
>
>     for (bool rendering = false;;)
>       {
>         ...
>         if (rendering)
>             break;
>         rendering = true;
>       } /*for*/
>

Just one case? Python is miles away from a C 'for'. There's:

- C's for loop, a glorified while loop where you have specify every 
single detail: for (i=a; i<=b; ++i), including writing your nominated 
loop index three times.

- A 'traditional' for loop, which iterates over the integers A to B or 0 
to N-1 without having to spell out everything: for i=a,b

- A 'forall' kind of loop which iterates over a set of values, which is 
what Python has: for i in x:

-- 
Bartc