why no "do : until"?

D-Man dsh8290 at rit.edu
Mon Jan 1 16:16:44 EST 2001


On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 03:52:46AM +0000, Martijn Faassen wrote:
[snip]
> I suspect (and seem to recall hearing about this before) the reason is
> more prosaic; how does one indent the darn thing? :)
> 
> do:
>    ..
> until x > 25
> 
> does not fit a pythonic pattern for statements.
> 
> do:
>    ..
>    until x > 25
> 
> doesn't either,

How about

until x > 25 :
	..


;-)

This may remove the "while 1" argument for most cases too!  

I-wouldn't-complain-if-it-was-added-to-the-language-but-I-won't-fight-for-it-either

-D




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