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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:57:44 -0600
Subject: Re: break in a module
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:57 PM, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> To me, the obvious choice would be "return", not "break".

No, "return" returns a value.  Modules do not return values.
Therefore "return" would be inappropriate.  If this feature were
deemed desirable, "break" would make more sense to me.