do ... while loop

[Adrian Eyre]

> >     while 1:
> >         xxx
> >         yyy
> >         if not condition:
> >             break

> Actually, Python is full of `while 1' loops.  One gets used to them
> after a while (and my C loops with multiple exit points tend to have
> them too), but they're not really nice.

I disagree. It's often a lot clearer to say:

while 1:
    if condition1:
        break
    if condition2:
        break
    do_something()

than:

while not (condition1 or condition2):
    do_something()

> One wonders what's the point of having a condition in the while
> loop if you're not to use it.  :-)

How about something like an old construct in GFA BASIC (anyone
remeber that?):

do:		# Equivalent to while 1
    if condition1:
        break
    if condition2:
        break
    do_something()

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