Nudge readers towards a more accurate mental model for loop else clauses
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(Yes, this is the correct code. Look closely: the ``else`` clause belongs to
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the :keyword:`for` loop, **not** the :keyword:`if` statement.)
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When used with a loop, the ``else`` clause has more in common with the
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``else`` clause of a :keyword:`try` statement than it does that of
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:keyword:`if` statements: a :keyword:`try` statement's ``else`` clause runs
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when no exception occurs, and a loop's ``else`` clause runs when no ``break``
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occurs. For more on the :keyword:`try` statement and exceptions, see
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:ref:`tut-handling`.
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.. _tut-pass:
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