Christian Gollwitzer <aurio...@gmx.de>: > Am 18.04.17 um 02:18 schrieb Ben Bacarisse: >> Python opts for >> >> while True: >> c = sys.stdin.read(1) >> if c != ' ': break > > This loop would be the archetypical do..while or repeat...until to me. > > do > c = sys.stdin.read(1) > while c== ' '
No, the code continues. You want to do something with c, right? > is the most clear to me - and in fact this "while True; do something; > break" thingy is just an idiom to fake a do..while loop in Python. C > does have it, for example, and it is way better like this than the > abuse of assignment and comma operator in the condition. I do use do ... while in my C code whenever a loop would end in a conditional break. I happens exceedingly rarely, though. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
