for -- else: what was the motivation?

[Peter J. Holzer]

On 2022-10-10 16:48:04 +0000, Robert Latest via Python-list wrote:
> Axy wrote:
> >> Also not really a justification for "shortest block first". Wanting
> >> some elaboration on that. What's the value in it?
> >
> > Well, the value is productivity. No need to save puzzles "what this 
> > hanging else belongs to?"
> 
> If you find yourself asking that question, the if-block is probably too long to
> begin with.

ACK.


> > Code small things first and return early, same 
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > as taking a test: do easy and quick things first and boring and 
> > difficult ones later.
> 
> Yes, but in that case you have a very long indented "else" block,

If you return you don't have to indent the rest.

        hp

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