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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:49:02 +0000
Subject: Re: Style question (Poll)
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
To: Croepha <croepha@gmail.com>
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On 14 March 2012 20:37, Croepha <croepha@gmail.com> wrote:
> Which is=C2=A0preferred:
>
> for value in list:
> =C2=A0if not value is another_value:
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0value.do_something()
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0break
>
> --or--
>
> if list and not list[0] is another_value:
> =C2=A0list[0].do_something()

Hard to say, since they don't do the same thing :)

I suspect you meant:

for value in list:
=C2=A0  if not value is another_value:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0    value.do_something()
  =C2=A0break

I always feel uncomfortable with this because it's misleading: a loop
that never loops.

--=20
Arnaud