do .. while loops ?

[phil hunt]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 14:00:31 +1000, Paul Andreassen <paul at andreassen.com.au> wrote:
>
>Could someone please tell me why "do .. while" loops are not part of the
>python language?

Because they complicate the language, probably. Also, doing else:
continuations with them would look a bit ugly, IMO:


do:
   ...code...
   if x: break
   ...more code...
while a>b
else:
   ...stuff if we didn't break...

Personally, if i was designing a Pytohn-like lang, it'd have
"loop" which does the same as "while" but "loop:" would
mean "while 1:"


loop:
   fun1()
   if x: break
   fun2()

etc.



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