[Tutor] line labels?

[Lance E Sloan]

Does Python support labelling lines of code?  I was just in the
middle of supporting some Perl poorly-written by somebody else
when I saw constructs like this:
  
  while0:
  while(1) {
    do something...
  
    while1:
    while (&read_input) {
      do something...
  
      if (condition) {
        last while1;
      }
    }
  
    if (condition) {
      last while0;
    }
  }

I know that C has something like this and you can use "goto" statements.
Personally, I consider using those labels in Perl and C to be bad
form and "goto" is just plain heinous.

I'm really enjoying learning Python.  I hope it doesn't have this
feature.  I think it would allow programmers to develop bad habits and
hard-to-maintain code.  For example, in the Perl example above, I
think the code would work as it is if the labels were deleted.

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