On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 24, 8:54 am, Steven D'Aprano <steve > +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> In Python 4000, I think for loops should be spelled: >> >> for name in iterable: >> # for block >> then: >> # only if not exited with break >> else: >> # only if iterable is empty >> >> and likewise for while loops. > > I like this syntax better than the current syntax, however, it is > STILL far too confusing!
Absolutely, it's FAR too confusing. Every syntactic structure should have the addition of a "foo:" suite, which will run when the programmer expects it to and no other time. This would solve a LOT of problems. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
