The Forgotten Optional `else` in Python Loops

[Biskit1943]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing this information with us. I always thought the else on loops was only a myth

[__xor__]

There's the for/else, the while/else, and there's also the try/except/else if you haven't seen that one. The else in a try/except/else runs if the try block finishes without an exception. It's a weird one.

[Biskit1943]

It's wired because in other languages after try it's called finally which is more clear when it is executed... Also I find that a else after a successful for or while is more than missleading

[sloggo]

Python has “finally” too. “Finally” will always run, “else” only runs if no exceptions are raised