while true: !!!

[D-Man]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 04:45:07PM +0000, Steve Lamb wrote:
> 
> while 1:
>   if cond:
>     break
>   do something
> 

why not

while ( !cond ) :
	do something

It involves less typing and more importantly shows the next reader
when the loop should end.  I strongly dislike the fake infinite loops
like "while 1 :".

-D


PS.  I haven't been following most of this thread, so forgive me if
this has already come up.