Josiah Carlson wrote: > Eric Nieuwland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't know. Using 'del' in that place seems ackward to me. >> Why not use the following rule: >> for [VAR in] EXPR: >> SUITE >> If EXPR is an iterator, no finalisation is done. >> If EXPR is not an iterator, it is created at the start and destroyed >> at >> the end of the loop. > > You should know why that can't work. If I pass a list, is a list an > iterator? No, but it should neither be created nor destroyed before or > after.
I suggested to create AN ITERATOR FOR THE LIST and destroy that at the end. The list itself remains untouched. --eric _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
