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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:47:51 -0500
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On 1/22/2013 1:15 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Several people have trouble understanding Python's while-else and
>> for-else constructs. It is actually quite simple
>
> agreed on the last part.
>
> [snip long story]
>
> Did you just try to make it simple by showing the compiled code ? I'm
> quite not sure about that...

The dis output was an optional appendix for anyone who doubted the 
correctly of my claimed python-level equivalence ;-).

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy