Op 2006-05-15, Terry Reedy schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "John Salerno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Thanks, that looks pretty good. Although I have to say, a do/while >> structure is the much more obvious way. I wonder why it hasn't been >> added to the language. > > Been suggested many times, been considered, and rejected. Easily similated > with while True: ... if exit_condition: break which also solves 'loop and a > half' problem, which is more common. Requires new keyword for little gain. > Etc.
It isn't rejected. PEP 315 is only deferred. Which as far as I understand means it is postponed because other things seemed more important. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
