do...until wisdom found...
Dave LeBlanc
whisper at oz.net
Wed Apr 18 12:15:24 EDT 2001
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:21:00 +0100, Toby Dickenson
<tdickenson at devmail.geminidataloggers.co.uk> wrote:
>Dennis Baker <drbaker at softhome.net> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:37:46 GMT "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>>
>>) Dennis Baker wrote
>>) > ) while 1:
>>) > ) set up for this cycle
>>) > ) if c: break
>>) > ) whatever needs to be done
>
>
>>I suppose this is a product of my Structured Programming coursework, I simply
>>avoid constructs like this. I was taught that loops and functions should have
>>one entry point and one exit point.
>
>But it does have one entry point and one exit point! Count 'em:
>
>while 1: <--- one entry point
> set up for this cycle
> if c: break <--- one exit point
> whatever needs to be done
<----- another exit point
>
>
>
>Toby Dickenson
>tdickenson at geminidataloggers.com
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