Idiom for consecutive loops?

[Harald Kirsch]

When programming in C I find myself writing consecutive loops like

  for(i=0; i<lastI; i++) {
    justDoIt(i);
    if( someTest(i) ) break;
  }
  /* the next loop continues were the last one stopped */
  for(/**/; i<lastI; i++) {
    doSomethingElse(i);
  }       

The nice thing is that this is safe even if someTest never becomes
true in the first loop.

How would I do that in python, in particular when looping over list
elements rather than just over numbers.

  Harald Kirsch
P.S.: Please no `while 1:' solutions. I hate them.

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