On 1/22/2013 7:39 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
On 22 January 2013 23:41, Terry Reedy wrote:
On 1/22/2013 3:09 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
On 01/22/2013 09:44 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
[SNIP]
The else clause is executed if and when the condition is false.
Now use a real Python while statement to do
On 1/22/2013 1:15 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
- Original Message -
Several people have trouble understanding Python's while-else and
for-else constructs. It is actually quite simple
agreed on the last part.
[snip long story]
Did you just try to make it simple by showing the comp
- Original Message -
> Several people have trouble understanding Python's while-else and
> for-else constructs. It is actually quite simple
agreed on the last part.
[snip long story]
Did you just try to make it simple by showing the compiled code ? I'm quite not
sure about that...
JM
On 23 January 2013 11:03, René Klačan wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Oscar Benjamin
> wrote:
You missed off an important piece of context in your post:
>> I think he meant that he would use the else clause more often if it
>> had the semantics so that the two blocks below were equiv
>
> # Version 1
> while condition:
> # stuff
> else:
> # other stuff
>
> # Version 2
> if condition:
> while condition:
> # stuff
> else:
> # other stuff
>
they wouldnt be equivalent if #staff in version did not cointain "break"
statement and this is common mistake
On Wed,
they wouldnt be equivalent if #staff in version 1 did not cointain "break"
statement and this is common mistake
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Oscar Benjamin
wrote:
> On 22 January 2013 23:41, Terry Reedy wrote:
> > On 1/22/2013 3:09 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> >>
> >> On 01/22/2013 09:44 AM, Te
On 22 January 2013 23:41, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 1/22/2013 3:09 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>> On 01/22/2013 09:44 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>>>
[SNIP]
>>> The else clause is executed if and when the condition is false.
>>> Now use a real Python while statement to do the *same
>>> thing*.
>>>
>>> whi
On 1/22/2013 3:09 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
On 01/22/2013 09:44 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
Several people have trouble understanding Python's while-else and
for-else constructs. It is actually quite simple if one starts with
if-else, which few have any trouble with.
Start with, for example
if n > 0:
On 01/22/2013 09:44 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
Several people have trouble understanding Python's while-else and
for-else constructs. It is actually quite simple if one starts with
if-else, which few have any trouble with.
Start with, for example
if n > 0:
n -= 1
else:
n = None
The else clau
