[Python-Dev] Wishlist: dowhile

Tue Jun 14 20:26:37 CEST 2005

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> With PEP 315, a do-while loop would look like:
>
>    do:
>        <body>
>    while <cond>:
>        pass
>
> But then, I'm reasonably happy with the 'break out of an infinite
> loop' approach, so *shrug*.

 From Programming Languages 101 I remember this construct in Algol 68. 
It was then claimed to be *the* universal loop construct. If that is 
true __and__ it is easy to implement, I'd say +INF for PEP 315.

--eric