On Thursday 16 April 2015 20:09, Antoon Pardon wrote:
> I beg to differ. The most common occurence is a loop with a break
> condition in the middle I would prefer such a loop to be written as
> follows:
>
> repeat:
> some
> code
> break_when condition:
> more
> code
That structure makes no sense to me. Why is the "break_when" *outside* of
the loop? Why does the "break_when condition" introduce a new block?
> Actually I would prefer a more elaborate scheme but would be contend with
> a possibility like the above. IMO this is the most occuring pattern where
> the logical structure doesn't match the physical structure and it is not
> occuring relevantly less now.
Judging by the above example, I think it may be a good thing that Python
doesn't allow "more elaborate" indentation schemes.
repeat:
do this
do that
do something else important
and this
sometimes this
also this
but don't do this
unless today is Tuesday
# end loop
Simplicity is a virtue.
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