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Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile

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Date Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:01:07 -0600
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> wrote:
> This can probably be best achieved by adding to the existing for loop,
> so maybe taking advantage of the existing for...if syntax and adding
> for...while would be a better idea?

The for...if syntax only exists for comprehensions and generators.  If
we're going to add for...while for loops, then we might as well go
ahead and add for...if loops there as well.

That said, I do like this syntax better than "fwhile".

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Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 15:01 -0600

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