do ... while loop

[Fredrik Lundh]

Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl at pobox.com> wrote:
> >     while 1:
> >         xxx
> >         yyy
> >         if not condition:
> >             break
> 
> Huh?
> Why don't use the following code:
> 
> while condition:
>     xxx
>     yyy
> 
> I don't understand the difference.

consider:

while 1:
    xxx
    condition = yyy
    zzz
    if not condition:
        break

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