in 759855 20160519 185500 Jon Ribbens <jon+use...@unequivocal.co.uk> wrote: >On 2016-05-19, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> On Fri, 20 May 2016 02:31 am, Herkermer Sherwood wrote: >>> Most keywords in Python make linguistic sense, but using "else" in for and >>> while structures is kludgy and misleading. I am under the assumption that >>> this was just utilizing an already existing keyword. Adding another like >>> "andthen" would not be good. >> >> If I could steal the keys to Guido's time machine, I would go back in time >> and change the for...else and while...else keywords to for...then and >> while...then. > >I guess we should thank our lucky stars that you don't have a time >machine then, since that change would very much be one for the worse >in my opinion. for...else is perfectly straightforward and clearly >the right keywords to use. for...then would be entirely wrong.
Yes. "else" and "then" have opposite meanings. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
