[Types-sig] Type Inference II
skaller
skaller@maxtal.com.au
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 04:36:58 +1100
Tim Peters wrote:
> > ...
> > Tightening up for loops will break code that does things like:
> >
> > (1) do extra increments on an loop variable to skip cases
>
> Nope. Assigning to the loop variable has no effect on the values assigned
> *to* it by the for stmt:
>
> >>> for i in range(5):
> print i
> i = i ** 10
> print i
Ooops. You're right. Comment withdrawn. [Anyone that actually
wrote that should probably be withdrawn too :-]
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