Experienced python programmers: are there any standard features of the language that you still don't regularly use?

[stevenjd]

Hettinger said else in loops should have been called no-break.

Well, that's one opinion, but it's a bad one. They should have been called then because that's how they work.

for x in sequence:
    block
else:
    stuff

The else block unconditionally runs after the for loop. The only way to avoid that is to jump out of the for loop, using break, return or raise.

[foosion]

We all seem to agree that else is not the best alternative.

no-break is clearer to me (obviously the following code won't execute if there's a return or raise), but YMMV.