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Re: Behavior of the for-else construct

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by: Akkana Peck - Thu, 3 Mar 2022 22:33 UTC

computermaster360 writes:
> I want to make a little survey here.
>
> Do you find the for-else construct useful?

No.

> Have you used it in practice?

Once or twice, but ended up removing it, see below.

> Do you even know how it works, or that there is such a thing in Python?

I always have to look it up, because to my mind, "else" implies
it does something quite different from what it actually does.

Which means that even if I worked hard at memorizing what it does,
so I didn't have to look it up, I still wouldn't use it in code,
because I want my code to be easily readable (including by future-me).
for..else makes code difficult to understand by anyone who doesn't
use for..else frequently: they might be misled into misunderstanding
the control flow.

...Akkana

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Re: Behavior of the for-else construct	Akkana Peck