[Python-Dev] Re: A cute new way to get an infinite loop (original) (raw)

Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) tdelaney at avaya.com
Fri Sep 24 03:17:06 CEST 2004


Terry Reedy wrote:

So, are things like this a programming bug, interpreter bug, or language definition bug? or just a 'gotcha'?

Gotcha. In pretty much every language, you have to be careful about modifying what you're iterating over. I don't see that Python should be any different ;)

However, Tim's example is a bit less obvious that you are modifying the thing you're iterating over ... Hence the "cuteness" IMO.

Tim Delaney



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