On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:02 PM Valentin Berlier <berlie...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I find that when I run into a similar scenario the reason why I need the
> iterable to be non-empty is because I'm trying to find something in it, and
> for this the `else` clause works pretty well:
>
> for item in get_items():
> if check(item):
> do_thing(item)
> break
> else:
> raise ValueError()
>
> Early returns can also be useful:
>
> for item in get_items():
> if check(item):
> return do_thing(item)
> raise ValueError()
>
Another useful method is a sentinel:
item, no_items = object()
for item in get_items():
frob(item)
if item is no_items:
raise ValueError()
---
Ricky.
"I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home
or actually going home." - Happy Chandler
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