do-while loop?
Tom Funk
_spam_sux_tdfunk at _spam_sux_nettally.com
Fri Mar 24 15:10:45 EST 2000
In an article posted 24 Mar 2000 11:16:42 -0800,
Johann Hibschman (johann at physics.berkeley.edu) said:
> while not abort:
> [*your* niftiness snipped ;-)]
> else:
> print abort_msg
>
> while loop exited with "break" does not call the else clause,
> while one exited with a normal while-control-test does.
Cool! I keep forgetting about Python's tendency toward "else" legs in
control structures. I completely spaced out on while/else. Nice
distinction on when the else leg is executed.
-=< tom >=-
Thomas D. Funk | "Software is the lever
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