David Isaac wrote:
> I would like to be able to define a loop statement
> (nevermind why) so that I can write something like
>
> loop 10:
> do_something
Here's a flagrant hack:
import sys
VAR_NAME = '__repeat_counter'
def set_repeat_counter(value):
frame = sys._getframe(2)
frame.f_locals[VAR_NAME] = value
def get_repeat_counter(value):
frame = sys._getframe(2)
if VAR_NAME not in frame.f_locals:
frame.f_locals[VAR_NAME] = value
return frame.f_locals[VAR_NAME]
def repeat(limit):
set_repeat_counter(get_repeat_counter(limit)-1)
return get_repeat_counter(limit)
while repeat(10):
print 'OK'
Without more work it doesn't allow nested loops though.
And for the record, if you're worrying about Python's counted loop
construct you need better things to worry about.
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