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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:47:35 +0100
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To: Michael Morris <tendoaki@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Thoughts on adopting Python's for/foreach else
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From: cschneid@cschneid.com (Christian Schneider)

Am 25.02.2020 um 20:18 schrieb Michael Morris <tendoaki@gmail.com>:
> How difficult would it be to make the following work in the =
interpreter?
>=20
> <?php
>  foreach($a as $key =3D> $value) {
>    // code for iteration
>  }
>  else {
>    // code for no results
>  }
> ?>
>=20
> The code of the else clause executes if the foreach is never entered
> regardless of the reason (provided the code didn't outright crash)

I like the idea.

And I think it makes more sense than what Python actually does:
With Python the else clause is executed if the loop is not exited with a =
break.
https://book.pythontips.com/en/latest/for_-_else.html

So, yes, I would like a foreach .. else but not the Python way ;-)

- Chris