for / while else doesn't make sense

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 8:00:31 PM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> I understand you are hurt when your code is criticized bluntly. However,
> you *did* stick your head out.

Don’t worry, I am not the thin-skinned type.

> I, too, insist that every function/method must be visible at once in the
> editor window.

>From subprocess.py in the Python 3.5 distribution:

    if _mswindows:
        #
        # Windows methods
        #
        def _get_handles(self, stdin, stdout, stderr):
            """Construct and return tuple with IO objects:
            p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite
            """
            if stdin is None and stdout is None and stderr is None:
                return (-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1)

            p2cread, p2cwrite = -1, -1
            c2pread, c2pwrite = -1, -1
            errread, errwrite = -1, -1

            if stdin is None:
                p2cread = _winapi.GetStdHandle(_winapi.STD_INPUT_HANDLE)
                if p2cread is None:
                    p2cread, _ = _winapi.CreatePipe(None, 0)
                    p2cread = Handle(p2cread)
                    _winapi.CloseHandle(_)
            elif stdin == PIPE:
                p2cread, p2cwrite = _winapi.CreatePipe(None, 0)
                p2cread, p2cwrite = Handle(p2cread), Handle(p2cwrite)
            elif stdin == DEVNULL:
                p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(self._get_devnull())
            elif isinstance(stdin, int):
                p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdin)
            else:
                # Assuming file-like object
                p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdin.fileno())
            p2cread = self._make_inheritable(p2cread)

            if stdout is None:
                c2pwrite = _winapi.GetStdHandle(_winapi.STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
                if c2pwrite is None:
                    _, c2pwrite = _winapi.CreatePipe(None, 0)
                    c2pwrite = Handle(c2pwrite)
                    _winapi.CloseHandle(_)
            elif stdout == PIPE:
                c2pread, c2pwrite = _winapi.CreatePipe(None, 0)
                c2pread, c2pwrite = Handle(c2pread), Handle(c2pwrite)
            elif stdout == DEVNULL:
                c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(self._get_devnull())
            elif isinstance(stdout, int):
                c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdout)
            else:
                # Assuming file-like object
                c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdout.fileno())
            c2pwrite = self._make_inheritable(c2pwrite)

            if stderr is None:
                errwrite = _winapi.GetStdHandle(_winapi.STD_ERROR_HANDLE)
                if errwrite is None:
                    _, errwrite = _winapi.CreatePipe(None, 0)
                    errwrite = Handle(errwrite)
                    _winapi.CloseHandle(_)
            elif stderr == PIPE:
                errread, errwrite = _winapi.CreatePipe(None, 0)
                errread, errwrite = Handle(errread), Handle(errwrite)
            elif stderr == STDOUT:
                errwrite = c2pwrite
            elif stderr == DEVNULL:
                errwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(self._get_devnull())
            elif isinstance(stderr, int):
                errwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stderr)
            else:
                # Assuming file-like object
                errwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stderr.fileno())
            errwrite = self._make_inheritable(errwrite)

            return (p2cread, p2cwrite,
                    c2pread, c2pwrite,
                    errread, errwrite)

Is that “visible at once” in your editor window?