[New-bugs-announce] [issue38640] while False: break => SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop

[Hugo Dupras]

New submission from Hugo Dupras <jabesq at gmail.com>:

In python 3.8 the following code raises an exception, which was not the case with previous python.

```
while False:
    ...
    break
```
It raises the following exception: SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop.
This `while False` loop was used to temporary disable a while loop in our code base.

Workaround to fix this:
```
enable=False
while enable:
    ...
    break
``` (or use the walrus operator)

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 355700
nosy: jabesq
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: while False: break => SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8

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