I've seen this referred to as the "goes-to" operator: size_t i = num_burritos; while (i --> 0) // Read: while 'i' goes to zero

I've seen this referred to as the "goes-to" operator: size_t i = num_burritos; while (i --> 0) // Read: while 'i' goes to zero if (want_burrito(i)) break; While it sounds nice, I don't think it's a good idea. Clearly the correct solution is to use a better language, e.g.: return next((burrito for burrito in reversed(burritos) if burrito.wanted()), None)