[Python-Dev] PEP 351 - do while

2006-09-30 Thread Hans Polak
Hi,   Just an opinion, but many uses of the ‘while true loop’ are instances of a ‘do loop’. I appreciate the language layout question, so I’ll give you an alternative:   do:             while   Cheers, Hans Polak.   This message contains

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
process(val) while val != lastitem source.close() The c syntax is: do { block of code } while (condition is satisfied); The VB syntax is: do block loop while Cheers & thanks for your reply, Hans Polak. -Original Message- From: Nick Coghlan [mailto:[EMA

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
al Message- From: Nick Coghlan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: lunes, 02 de octubre de 2006 12:48 To: Hans Polak Cc: python-dev@python.org Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while Hans Polak wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Yep, PEP 315. Sorry about that. > > Now, about y

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
Thanks for your reply Nick, and your support Michael. I'll leave the PEP talk to you guys :) Cheers, Hans -Original Message- From: Michael Foord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fuzzyman Sent: martes, 03 de octubre de 2006 12:00 To: Nick Coghlan Cc: Hans Polak; pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
From: Nick Coghlan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: martes, 03 de octubre de 2006 15:51 To: Fuzzyman Cc: Hans Polak; python-dev@python.org Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while Fuzzyman wrote: > Nick Coghlan wrote: >> In my example, the 3 sections (, and > code> are all option

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
k Coghlan Cc: Hans Polak; python-dev@python.org Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 315 - do while Nick Coghlan wrote: > [snip..] > >> The current idiom works fine, but looks unnatural : >> >> while True: >> if : >>break > > > There's the