It's hardly ever used in Python, is one extra character, and if you want to change the increment by 2 instead of 1, you have to write that bit anyway, moreover Python's loops don't use it, so it's not used there, what else is there to miss?
Also, the walrus operator works in a similar way to some use cases as well, making it even less useful
Well, both the post- and pre increment/decrement are useful in making the code a few lines shorter, and sometimes more readable.
Without it,
int i = len;
while (--i >= start)
{
/* do something */
}
// use the value of i for something.
Would become
int i = len - 1;
while (i >= start)
{
/* do something */
i = i - 1;
}
// use the value of i for something.
Assuming the while loop could exit some other way than i becoming exactly equal to start - 1. Though again, it isn't really that much harder to read at all, and you could change the while to a for, to keep all the loop specific code in one place.
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u/Farenheit514 May 27 '22
You will miss the ++ and safe types