[Python-Dev] a feature i'd like to see in python #1: better iteration control (original) (raw)

Adam Olsen rhamph at gmail.com
Sun Dec 3 16:41:55 CET 2006

On 12/3/06, Ben Wing <ben at 666.com> wrote:

many times writing somewhat complex loops over lists i've found the need to sometimes delete an item from the list. currently there's no easy way to do so; basically, you have to write something like

As I don't believe there's any need for a language extension, I've posted my approach to this on comp.lang.python:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/724aa6bcf021cfad/c4c629bd1bacc12b#c4c629bd1bacc12b

Note that deleting from the list as you iterate over it tends to have very poor performance for larger lists. My post includes some timings, demonstrating this.

-- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus

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