I think it's precedent because it's just a line after a block instead of before it. It certainly is a break from Python's "big outline" look. > What if the whi

I think it's precedent because it's just a line after a block instead of before it. It certainly is a break from Python's "big outline" look. > What if the while statement was part of the loop and could be placed arbitrarily? If you're open to that, I had thought this was a bridge too far, but: do: body1() break if some_condition body2() continue if some_other_condition Under that scheme, the semantics translate to: while True: do_body break And, of course, the `break if` and `continue if` syntax would be general.