So far in Python I've almost hated the 'else' of the 'for' loops: - I have problems to remember its meaning; - It gives me little problems when I later want to translate Python code to other languages (and you always have to translate long-lived code). - I have used it only once, so far.
So so far I'd liked to see it removed from Python 3.0. But then this article: http://tratt.net/laurie/tech_articles/articles/the_high_risk_of_novel_language_features has shown me that my problems with the 'else' of the 'for' mostly come from just its bad naming. The converge language is yet another very Python-like language, and it uses a better naming (the word "exhausted" is long and has a complex spelling for non-English speakers, so it's not perfect): for ...: ... exhausted: ... broken: ... The meaning is explicit. While "else" seems to mean little there. So I may like something similar for Python 3.x (or the removal of the "else"). Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
