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Wed Apr 18 12:15:24 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/084412.html

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:21:00 +0100, Toby Dickenson
<tdickenson at devmail.geminidataloggers.co.uk> wrote:

>Dennis Baker <drbaker at softhome.net> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:37:46 GMT "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>>
>>) Dennis Baker wrote
>>) > )         while 1:
>>) > )             set up for this cycle
>>) > )             if c: break
>>) > )             whatever needs to be done
>
>
>>I suppose this is a product of my Structured Programming coursework,  I simply
>>avoid constructs like this.  I was taught that loops and functions should have 
>>one entry point and one exit point.
>
>But it does have one entry point and one exit point! Count 'em:
>
>while 1:                        <--- one entry point
>    set up for this cycle
>    if c: break                 <--- one exit point
>    whatever needs to be done 
      <----- another exit point
>
>
>
>Toby Dickenson
>tdickenson at geminidataloggers.com

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