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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:29:41 -0600
Subject: Re: Feature suggestion -- return if true
To: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> wrote:
>> I'm a simple Lisp guy who wonders if it is be possible to add some kind
>> of macros to the language. Then features like this could be added by
>> anybody. Lisp people do this all the time and there is no need for
>> feature requests or any discussions.
>>
>> =A0 =A0(with-returns
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 ;; some code
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 (return-if foo)
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 ;; more code
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 (return-if bar))
>
> Flow-control macros were suggested as part of PEP 343, but they were
> rejected by Guido based on this rant:
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/06/347666.aspx

Sorry, that should have been PEP 340, which was rejected in favor of 343.