On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:35 PM Michael Selik <m...@selik.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 8:46 PM Mikhail V <mikhail...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I suggest allowing "while:" syntax for the infinite loop. > > I.e. instead of "while 1:" and "while True:" notations. > > > > My opinion: > > 1. I think it'd definitely improve clarity. > > I prefer the explicit phrase, ``while True:``. Saying "while" without > a condition is strange, like a sentence fragment. The ``while 1:`` > pattern is a carryover from Python 2, when ``True`` was not yet a > keyword.
I like saying while "something": where the string describes the loop's real condition. For instance, while "moar data": if reading from a socket, or while "not KeyboardInterrupt": if the loop is meant to be halted by SIGINT. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
