[Gdb] How to break from loop in gdb command language?

[Skip Montanaro]

Some time ago I implemented a routine in gdb's command language that mimics
the line number calculation performed by Python's virtual machine.  Not 
thinking,
I wrote it like so:

define lineno
    set $__co = f->f_code
    set $__lasti = f->f_lasti
    set $__sz = ((PyStringObject *)$__co->co_lnotab)->ob_size/2
    set $__p = (unsigned char *)((PyStringObject *)$__co->co_lnotab)->ob_sval
    set $__li = $__co->co_firstlineno
    set $__ad = 0
    while ($__sz-1 >= 0)
      set $__sz = $__sz - 1
      set $__ad = $__ad + *$__p
      set $__p = $__p + 1
      if ($__ad > $__lasti)
        break
      end
      set $__li = $__li + *$__p
      set $__p = $__p + 1
    end
    printf "%d", $__li
end

This is more-or-less a direct translation of what Python's C code does.

Unfortunately, the C code uses the break statement.  Not being at the
top of my game at the time I forgot that "break" means something
entirely different in GDB's command language than in C.  What's
the equivalent?  Set a flag and test?  What about an equivalent for C's
continue stmt?

Thanks,

Skip Montanaro
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