PEP-315 ("do" loop)
Andrew Koenig
ark at acm.org
Tue Feb 17 14:20:53 EST 2004
> This could be solved by starting with a 'while' construct as normal and
then
> following it with the new keyword:
>
> while True:
> setup_condition
> anwhile condition:
> loop_body
>
> ('anwhile' is by analogy with 'elif', but anything could be used.)
Hmmm... You could spell it "and while" without needing a new keyword at all.
Moreover, if you were to define "while:" as equivalent to "while True:",
then you could do this:
while:
setup_condition
and while condition:
loop_body
No reading backwards needed.
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