[Python-Dev] Lockstep iteration - eureka! (original) (raw)

Mark Hammond MarkH@ActiveState.com
Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:39:30 +1000

for (x in a, y in b): ...

Hmmm. Until someone smarter than me shoots it down for some obvious reason , it certainly appeals to me.

My immediate reaction is lockstep iteration, and that is the first time I can say that. Part of the reason is that it looks like a tuple unpack, which I think of as a "lockstep/parallel/atomic" operation...

Mark.