On 04/16/2015 12:43 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > 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?
How do you mean outside the loop? Do you consider the "else" outside the if statement? >> 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. As is argueing against a real position instead of making something up. Nobody is argueing for arbitrary indentation. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
