for -- else: what was the motivation?

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 20:56, Axy via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> > The else is always coming with the break, not the for.
> However, the compiler does not complain.
> >   There are [for ...], [for...break...], and[for...break...else],
>
> That's implied and contradicts Zen of Python, I think. If "else" came
> with "break" there had to be a strong indication of that, namely
> indentation, as it takes place for all other statements with their
> clauses. However, there's no such an explicit connection between "break"
> and "else". That's the point.
>
> Well, sorry for this addition to the discussion which went weird way. I
> should had to be cautious mentioning particular coding style, that's a
> totally different subject, actually. Let's close it at last.
>
> >   but the [for...else] is insane.
> Not in Python.
>

Not sure what you mean, but a for-else without a break is quite
useless. What exactly ARE you arguing here?

The else is associated with the break to the exact extent that one is
essential to the other's value.

ChrisA