On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is there some better and valid construction I missed? If not, is there >> a reason why (2) is not in the language? > > I guess because, as you helpfully enumerated, there are already plenty > of options for iterating with a condition. Syntax isn't added without > a strong reason, and avoiding an extra line or an extra indentation > level isn't enough.
Also, see these older threads: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ef807313aa47efc/4f4269a7b566cb87 http://groups.google.com/group/python-ideas/browse_thread/thread/87eee156ac2c3a24/61621e7779b5b255 http://groups.google.com/group/python-ideas/browse_thread/thread/e2d076fe35ece873/862674672b4de683 Cheers, Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
