On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Hrvoje Niksic <[email protected]> wrote: > To retrieve a single value from an iterator, one can use the for/break/else > idiom: > > def my_generator(): > ... > for val in it: > yield val > break > else: > return > ...
While that does work, it's not really much more "normal" than a try/except. A for loop implies iteration; having a loop with a hard "break" at the end of it messes with expectations. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com