[Python-ideas] SyntaxWarning for for/while/else without break or return? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Oct 11 20:00:52 CEST 2009

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

We're talking about a single construct that the BDFL has deigned to deprecate as an unfortunate choice of keywords.

Wrong. I would not have the feature at all if I had to do it over. I would not choose another keyword. But I don't see the same level of danger in it that some here see.

I am also against adding a syntax warning for this. It belongs in pylint etc.

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