[Python-ideas] 'where' statement in Python? (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Tue Jul 20 07:29:01 CEST 2010

Sergio Davis writes:

I'm considering the following extension to Python's grammar: adding the 'where' keyword, which would work as follows:

where_expr : expr 'where' NAME '=' expr

We just had a long thread about this.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2010-June/007476.html

The sentiment was about -0 to -0.5 on the idea in general, although a couple of people with experience in implementing Python syntax expressed sympathy for it.

There have also been threads on earlier variations of the idea, referenced in the thread above.

HTH

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