The rap against "while True:" loops
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun Oct 11 00:33:21 EDT 2009
kj wrote:
>
> I use "while True"-loops often, and intend to continue doing this
> "while True",
Me too. Of course, in Python, 'while True' actually means 'while ^C not
pressed and window not closed and process not killed:',
whereas in old mainframe Fortran the equivalent might have meant 'while
my account not emptied', which tended to engender a fear of such loops.
tjr
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