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Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt

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Date Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:07:21 +1100
Subject Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:42:27 +1100
> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:39 AM, Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> wrote:
>> > Huh?! I would have expected all your examples to raise a SyntaxError or
>> > IndentationError. Why don't they? Is 'else' not required to have a
>> > matching 'if'?
>>
>> Other things can have else, including 'for' and 'while' loops. :)
>
> I must say, that's bound to be confusing for anyone who knows any
> language other than Python (or none, even).  Syntax like that is "an
> accident waiting to happen"...

It can be confusing and does take that bit of learning, but it's SO
handy. In C code, I sometimes simulate it with a 'goto' and a comment,
but the actual keyword is much clearer.

ChrisA

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Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:40 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-20 23:47 -0500
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 15:52 +1100
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:55 -0800
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:55 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:54 -0800
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 22:00 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-21 08:04 +0000
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 05:54 +0100
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:57 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:06 +0100
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:07 +0100
        Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-22 16:39 +0100
          Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 02:42 +1100
            Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-22 16:48 +0100
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 03:07 +1100
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-22 23:22 +0000
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:34 +0100
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-01-22 22:11 -0500
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 17:28 -0800
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-23 12:22 +0100
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-01-23 15:35 +0200
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 09:53 -0500
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-01-25 10:15 +0200
          Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-22 15:48 +0000
            Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-22 15:52 +0000
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:57 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-20 23:57 -0500
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:59 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-21 01:09 -0500
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:59 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 21:46 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 21:56 -0800
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:37 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 05:44 +1100

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