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

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:56:55 +1200 (NZST)

It looks nice, but i'm pretty sure it won't fly.

It will! Try it:

for (x in a, y in b): File "", line 1 for (x in a, y in b): ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

how is the parser to know whether the lockstep form has been invoked?

The parser doesn't have to know as long as the compiler can tell, and clearly one of them can.

Besides, i think Guido has Pronounced quite firmly on zip().

That won't stop me from gently trying to change his mind one day. The existence of zip() doesn't preclude something more elegant being adopted in a future version.

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