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Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2014-09-13 09:27 -0600
Subject Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> wrote:
>> In that case, don't iterate over the list at all. Do something like this:
>>
>> while lst:
>>     element = lst.pop(0)
>>     # work with element
>>     lst.append(new_element)
>>
>> There's no mutation-while-iterating here, and it's clear that you'll
>> keep going until there's absolutely nothing left.
> Ah, that looks like a good approach, thank you.

Also note that this approach (appending to the end and popping from
the front) will be more efficient using a collections.deque than a
list.

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Iterator, modify data in loop body Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> - 2014-09-13 08:09 +0200
  Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-13 16:22 +1000
    Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> - 2014-09-13 09:01 +0200
      Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-13 17:22 +1000
        Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> - 2014-09-13 09:39 +0200
          Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-13 09:27 -0600
            Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> - 2014-09-13 18:58 +0200
          Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-14 01:32 +1000
        Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2014-09-16 10:49 +0200
          Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 01:19 +1000
  Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-09-13 09:34 +0200
    Re: Iterator, modify data in loop body Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> - 2014-09-13 09:55 +0200

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