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Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty

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Peter Otten wrote:

> The code in the else suite executes only when the for loop is left via
> break. 

Oops, the following statement is nonsense:

> A non-empty iterable is required but not sufficient.

Let me try again:

A non-empty iterable is required but not sufficient to *skip* the else-suite 
of a for loop.

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A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Alex Willmer <alex@moreati.org.uk> - 2012-02-23 16:30 -0800
  Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-24 01:08 +0000
    Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-02-23 19:49 -0800
    Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 07:10 +0000
    Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-02-24 09:44 +0100
  Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-02-23 17:21 -0800
  Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 04:32 -0800
    Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-02-24 13:44 +0100
      Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-02-24 14:14 +0100
      Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-24 14:54 +0000
        Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 15:00 +0000
        Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-02-24 16:16 +0100
        Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-28 14:56 -0800
          Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 10:24 +1100
            Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-29 00:18 +0000

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