Commit 1100f5d5 authored by Stefan Behnel's avatar Stefan Behnel

more visibly mark for-from loop as deprecated in the docs

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extra : rebase_source : 305a362b2f79e4b7982a188ff5912a6621ea56a7
parent 7a98c70e
......@@ -480,24 +480,31 @@ Operator Precedence
For-loops
==========
* ``range()`` is C optimized when the index value has been declared by ``cdef``::
The "for ... in iterable" loop works as in Python, but is even more versatile
in Cython as it can additionally be used on C types.
cdef i
* ``range()`` is C optimized when the index value has been declared by ``cdef``,
for example::
cdef size_t i
for i in range(n):
...
* Iteration over C arrays is also permitted, e.g.::
* Iteration over C arrays and sliced pointers is supported and automatically
infers the type of the loop variable, e.g.::
cdef double x
cdef double* data
cdef double* data = ...
for x in data[:10]:
...
* Iterating over many builtin types such as lists and tuples is optimized.
* There is also a more C-style for-from syntax
* There is also a more verbose C-style for-from syntax which, however, is
deprecated in favour of the normal Python "for ... in range()" loop. You
might still find it in legacy code that was written for Pyrex, though.
* The target expression must be a plain variable name.
* The target expression must be a variable name.
* The name between the lower and upper bounds must be the same as the target name.
for i from 0 <= i < n:
......@@ -513,9 +520,11 @@ For-loops
for i from n > i >= 0:
...
* The ``break`` and ``continue`` are permissible.
* The ``break`` and ``continue`` statements are permissible.
* Can contain an else clause.
=====================
Functions and Methods
=====================
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......@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ the loop is not being converted correctly, use the annotate feature of
the cython commandline (``-a``) to easily see the generated C code.
See :ref:`automatic-range-conversion`
For backwards compatibility to Pyrex, Cython also supports another
form of for-loop::
For backwards compatibility to Pyrex, Cython also supports a more verbose
form of for-loop which you might find in legacy code::
for i from 0 <= i < n:
...
......@@ -478,9 +478,12 @@ or::
where ``s`` is some integer step size.
.. note:: This syntax is deprecated and should not be used in new code.
Use the normal Python for-loop instead.
Some things to note about the for-from loop:
* The target expression must be a variable name.
* The target expression must be a plain variable name.
* The name between the lower and upper bounds must be the same as the target
name.
* The direction of iteration is determined by the relations. If they are both
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