[Python-ideas] Updating PEP 315: do-while loops

[Ben Finney]

Mathias Panzenböck <grosser.meister.morti at gmx.net>
writes:

> Why not:
> 
> loop:
> 	...
> 	if cond: break
> 
> 
> where "loop:" is short for "while True:".

Already addressed. We already have a way of spelling that, which is
‘while True:’. There needs to be some significant gain to introduce a new
spelling for the same thing.

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Ben Finney