On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 6:43 PM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:


> >     for x in y if x in c:
> >         some_op(x)
>
> What does this new syntax give us that we don't already have with this?
>
>     for x in y
>         if x in c:
>             some_op(x)
>

I think it's really the equivalent of

for x in y:
    if not x in c:
        break
    do_stuff

which to me give the proposed syntax a bit more relative strength.

I'm probably +0 -- but I do like comprehension syntax, and have often
wanted a "side effect" comprehension:

$ side_effect(item) for item in an_iterable if condition(item) $

(using $ 'cause there aren't any more brackets ...)

rather than having to write:

for item in an_iterable:
    if condition(item):
        side_effect(item)

To the point where I sometimes write the list comp and ignore the generated
list. NOt too huge a burden to cretae. list of None and throw it away, but
it feels wrong ;-)

-CHB

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Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris)

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