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Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:41:23 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 09/05/2014 10:17 AM, Ian Kelly wrote:
>
> I would not worry about the else clause as a beginner, as it's
> relatively unique to Python and tends to be somewhat confusing. Use a
> flag or refactor the function instead.

I don't disagree with this, but early exposure to "for..else is for search loops" is a good thing.  I still get tripped 
up by this as I didn't learn it that way.

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~Ethan~