Breaking Out

[Mahrt, Dallas]

Here is an ugly answer

EscapeException = "HACK"

try:
	if foo:
		blah
		blah
		if some_condition:
			raise EscapeException
		blah
		blah
		blah
except EscapeException:
	pass


> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Kew [mailto:james.kew at btinternet.com] 
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 6:03 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Breaking Out
> 
> 
> "Bradley D. Larson" <blarson at crary.com> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.1030131895.10485.python-list at python.org...
> 
> > I believe a cleaner method is:
> >
> > while x = y:
> >     blah
> >     blah
> >     blah
> >     if break_now:
> >         break
> >     blah
> >     blah
> >     blah
> >     if break_now:
> >         break
> >     blah
> >     blah
> >     blah
> > [...]
> >     break    # dont forget the last break!
> 
> That makes a conditional look like a loop -- not terribly 
> expressive of intent.
> 
> "Skip to the end" and "I WANT OUT" suggest throwing an 
> exception to me...
> 
> --
> James Kew
> james.kew at btinternet.com
> 
> 
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