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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:16 +0000
Subject: Re: A quirk/gotcha of for i, x in enumerate(seq) when seq is empty
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
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On 24 February 2012 14:54, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:

> for...else is a very useful construct, but the name is misleading. It
> took me a long time to stop thinking that the else clause executes when
> the for loop was empty.

This is why I think we should call this construct "for / break / else"
rather than "for / else".

-- 
Arnaud