do...while

[Michael P. Soulier]

    Greetings.

    How do you people handle the lack of a do...while in Python? I find that
at times, I must initialize variables for a loop with identical code to the
loop, which feels like a waste to me. 

ie.

    line = filehandle.readline()
    while len(line) > 5:
        line = filehandle.readline()

    A do...while here would be nice. 

    Just curious. 

    Mike

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