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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:01:40 +1000
Subject: Re: break in a module
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> wrot=
e:
>>>
>>> It's quite consistent on which control structures you can break out of =
--
>>> it's the looping ones.
>>
>> Plus functions.
>
> No:
>
>>>> def f():
> ... =A0break
> ...
> =A0File "<stdin>", line 2
> SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop

Yes:
def f():
    return
    print("Won't happen")

"break out of" doesn't necessarily require the break keyword per se.
You can abort a function part way, same as you can abort a loop part
way.

ChrisA