for / while else doesn't make sense

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2016-05-19, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2016 02:31 am, Herkermer Sherwood wrote:
>> Most keywords in Python make linguistic sense, but using "else" in for and
>> while structures is kludgy and misleading. I am under the assumption that
>> this was just utilizing an already existing keyword. Adding another like
>> "andthen" would not be good.
>
> If I could steal the keys to Guido's time machine, I would go back in time
> and change the for...else and while...else keywords to for...then and
> while...then.

I guess we should thank our lucky stars that you don't have a time
machine then, since that change would very much be one for the worse
in my opinion. for...else is perfectly straightforward and clearly
the right keywords to use. for...then would be entirely wrong.