On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:38:40 pm Brandon Hayden wrote: > In the Python language, or any other language for that matter, I have > never understood why they don't have a loop function. Here's what I > mean, every time someone wants something to repeat itself, they have > to write a while loop like this: > > x = 0 > while x < 10: > function() > x = x + 1
Perhaps you should learn a little more Python before criticising it. The idiomatic way to write the above is: for x in range(10): function() Anyway, this is the wrong forum for this discussion. If you're still interested in it, please take it to comp.lang.python or tu...@python.org. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com