From 3834696499157391552 X-Google-Thread: 7894ca11fe,d47b345505a72a70 X-Google-Attributes: gid7894ca11fe,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.alt.net!frodo.cs.rpi.edu!not-for-mail From: Ron Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: for-else: adding else to for loops Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:44:50 CST Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 23 Sender: cppmods@cs.rpi.edu Approved: austern@google.com Message-ID: <9e9c2ca5-78eb-460c-adec-2ec051c54210@r18g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> References: <5d82cd6c-2a22-4dd7-8c7d-790b579533ea@d15g2000prc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 To: (Usenet) Return-Path: X-Original-Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:52:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Submission-Address: std-c++@netlab.cs.rpi.edu Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.std.c++:1283 On Aug 7, 1:56 pm, Jared Grubb wrote: > I am both a Python and C++ developer, and there is one feature in > Python that I've grown to appreciate, and that I wish C/C++ had. In > Python, loops can have an else clause; the else clause gets executed > when the loop condition fails (but not when the loop is exited via a > break, return, or exception). For a dummy example: In addition to the other points mentioned (breaking existing code), the language does not need any more horrendous structure violations. The ones we have existing are sufficient. Just because some other language likes to dish up spaghetti is no need to sully C++ further than it already is. -- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@netlab.cs.rpi.edu] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/csc/faq.html ]