On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is nothing wrong with a nested for...if pair of statements. But
> that does take two lines, and two indents, rather than one:
>
> block
> for ...
> if ...
> block
>
> versus hypothetical:
>
> block
> for ... if ...
> block
>
>
> The proposed syntax saves one line, and one indent. That is a saving,
> but it is not a big saving. If one line and one indent *really* makes a
> difference to a piece of code, it is probably because you are already
> deeply nested:
>
> class ...
> def ...
> def ...
> try ...
> try ...
> while ...
> try ...
> if ...
> with ...
> if ...
> while ...
> for ...
> if ...
> # not enough
> # room here
Don't forget that you can rewrite a "for-if" using two additional
lines and no indents, rather than one line and one indent:
for ...:
if not (...):
continue
...
...
So you can take your pick which version you want. Granted, I can still
see value in the for-if statement, but not enough to justify new
syntax.
ChrisA
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