[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 Ill give you an alternative: do: body setup code while condition Cheers, Hans Polak. This message contains information that may

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

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
while cond Cheers thanks for your reply, Hans Polak. -Original Message- From: Nick Coghlan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: domingo, 01 de octubre de 2006 6:18 To: Hans Polak Cc: python-dev@python.org Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 351 - do while Hans Polak wrote: Hi, Just

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

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
code Cheers, Hans. -Original 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

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; python-dev

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

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
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 (setup code, loop body and loop completion code are all

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

2006-10-04 Thread Hans Polak
: 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 condition: break There's the rationale for the PEP in a whole 5 lines counting whitespace