Zen of Python

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Mon Jan 24 08:48:05 EST 2005


In article <mailman.923.1106196903.22381.python-list at python.org>,
Tim Peters  <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
>[Paul Rubin]
>> 
>> And you can break out of a containing loop from a nested loop
>> with try/raise.
>
>Heh heh.  Yes, you can.  I've never seen a real Python program that
>did, but there's nothing to stop you.  What did you think the "direct"
>in "direct way" might have been intended to mean?

Actually, I like breaking out of nested "search" loops with try/except.
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