On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 11:43:20 PM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > I often experiment with different loop constructs to find the one most > pleasing to the eye. Working directly off iterators is quite rare but a > while-vs-for consideration is frequent. Also, should the stepping part > be in the beginning, middle or end of the loop body?
It is nice to have a common, versatile looping form which can be arranged in different ways to suit the problem at hand. That’s why I like the C-style for-statement. Here’s another example <https://github.com/ldo/ipy_magics/blob/master/rman_magic.py>, for the consideration of those who don’t seem too familiar with looping: while True : while True : line = next(input_line, None) if line != None : if len(include_stack) == 0 : linenr += 1 #end if break #end if if len(include_stack) == 0 : break input_line = include_stack.pop() #end while if line == None or ... line contains something special ... : ... if line == None : break ... process special line ... ... replace with None to indicate it’s been processed ... #end if if line != None : ... process regular line ... #end if #end while -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
