do...while loops

Aahz Maruch aahz at panix.com
Tue Feb 6 11:01:51 EST 2001


In article <mailman.981466899.30238.python-list at python.org>,
Simon Brunning  <SBrunning at trisystems.co.uk> wrote:
> From:	Langa Kentane [SMTP:LangaK at discoveryhealth.co.za]
>>
>> Why is is it while 1:
>> would while 2:
>> or 	while 3: work?
> 
>Yup - any non-zero number is considered true. They wouldn't do anything
>different, though, and they just might confuse someone. (Why 2?)

Well, let's split the difference:

while 2.5:
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