Is this PEP-able? fwhile

[Göktuğ Kayaalp]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:45:57PM +0100, MRAB wrote:
> On 24/06/2013 23:35, Chris Angelico wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Tim Chase
> ><python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> >>On 2013-06-25 07:38, Chris Angelico wrote:
> >>>Python has no issues with breaking out of loops, and even has
> >>>syntax specifically to complement it (the 'else:' clause). Use
> >>>break/continue when appropriate.
> >>
> >>from minor_gripes import breaking_out_of_nested_loops_to_top_level
> >
> >True. There are times I do wish for a 'goto'. But if goto were
> >implemented, I would also use it for jumping _into_ loops, and I'm not
> >sure that's going to make the feature popular :)
> >
> I think a better way would be to label the outer loop somehow and then
> break out of it by name.

Would say that procedure-scoped gotos are useful for more than
manipulating loops indeed. Doubt if either will be in Python ever
though.

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