On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:32:35PM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> This for loop is like it is in Python, and it has proven to be very
> useful.
>
> It's easy to add something to the list if you want to loop over more
> things. E.g.:
>
> for home in split(&rtp,',') + ['']
> if isdirectory(home) | break | endif
> endfor
One relevant difference is that Python's for has an else clause:
for x in list:
if some_condition:
break
else:
# this executes only if the loop completed without a break
do_something
It's strange to use 'else' for this, but it does fill a need.
