On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 13:08 -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:
> > In PEP 340 I read:
> >
> > block EXPR1 as VAR1:
> > BLOCK1
> >
> > I think it would be much clearer this (plus you save one keyword):
> >
> > block VAR1 = EXPR1:
> > BLOCK1
>
> I think you misunderstood the statement. EXPR1 creates an iterator,
> then VAR1 iterates over the values returns by the iterator. VAR1 never
> sees the iterator. Using your syntax would reinforce the
> misinterpretation that VAR1 sees the iterator.
In that case,
block VAR1 in EXPR1:
BLOCK1
And now I see how using 'for' statements (perhaps slightly changed)
turned up in the discussion.
Sorry for the noise.
--
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
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