Thoughts on PEP315

[Bernhard Herzog]

Stephen Horne <$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$@$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.co.uk> writes:
> The PEP315 system of...
>
>   do:
>     ...
>   while condition :
>     ...
>
> is IMO broken simply because there is no lexical indicator in that
> 'while' line that it is a continuation rather than a new structure. It
> isn't a distinctive keyword because 'while' can obviously be the start
> of a loop.

I think someone once suggested "and while" instead of a plain while:

do:
   ...
and while condition:
   ...

This reads quite nicely IMO.

   Bernhard

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