Ben Finney wrote: > John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> num = 33 >> >> for x in xrange(10): >> print num += 1 > > Which is better done by 'num += 10'. > > Can you come up with an example that isn't trivially replaced with > clearer code? That might make it clearer what your concern is.
::sigh:: No, unfortunately I don't have a strong enough grasp of Python to give a really in-depth example. I understand what you're asking though. Perhaps people don't use this idiom as much as I think they do, so to give a trivial example to support my point isn't helpful. As far as I know, though, I think this is used often enough, so I thought I'd just ask if there are purists out there who don't like this use of the loop and feel it's an abuse of the syntax. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
