[Python-Dev] Wishlist: dowhile

Mon Jun 13 12:43:36 CEST 2005

>> do:
>>     <body>
>>     until <cond>

> That looks nice to me.

Except this puts loop entry statement (do) and loop condition
test (until) on different levels of indentation, which is
I don't quite like.

Compared to the existing loop statements,

-------------------
while Cond:
    body
else:
    exit
-------------------
for Iter:
    body
else:
    exit
-------------------

This would seem more logical:

-------------------
do:
    body
while Cond:
else:
    exit
-------------------
do:
    body
until Cond:
else:
    exit
-------------------

Although the trailing colon is still a bit unpleasant:

-------------------

do:
    body
while Cond:

# no else here

-------------------

Sincerely,
Dmitry Dvoinikov
http://www.targeted.org/

--- Original message follows ---

> [BJörn Lindqvist] 
>> I would like to have do-while's like this:
>> 
>> do:
>>     <body>
>>     until <cond>
>> 
>> But I'm sure that has problems too.

> That looks nice to me.

> Raymond
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