Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> writes: >> On 28 Aug 2021, at 22:42, Hope Rouselle <hrouse...@jevedi.com> wrote: >> >> I'd like get a statistic of how often each loop is used in practice. >> >> I was trying to take a look at the Python's standard libraries --- those >> included in a standard installation of Python 3.9.6, say --- to see >> which loops are more often used among while and for loops. Of course, >> since English use the preposition ``for'' a lot, that makes my life >> harder. Removing comments is easy, but removing strings is harder. So >> I don't know yet what I'll do. >> >> Have you guys ever measured something like that in a casual or serious >> way? I'd love to know. Thank you! > > I am interesting in why you think that choice of while vs. for is > about popularity?
Perhaps you think my choice of "popular" had a special judgement about it. Let's define "popular" in the way that I used it. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Definition. We say x is more popular than y if x appears more times relative to y when considered in a sample. Example. For loops are more popular than while loops in a certain sample because they appeared 17 times compared to 5 times the while loop appeared. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- So it's just a numeric comparison. [...] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
