Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!selfless.tophat.at!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:module': 0.04; 'francis': 0.07; '>>>>': 0.09; 'context.': 0.09; 'context:': 0.09; 'erik': 0.09; 'from:addr:ethan': 0.09; 'from:addr:stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'from:name:ethan furman': 0.09; 'message-id:@stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'received:gator410.hostgator.com': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; '>>>': 0.12; 'def': 0.12; 'am,': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'abort': 0.16; 'angelico': 0.16; 'keyword.': 0.16; 'looping': 0.16; 'received:67.18.44': 0.16; 'received:72.11': 0.16; 'received:72.11.125': 0.16; 'received:72.11.125.166': 0.16; 'structures': 0.16; 'suggest': 0.19; 'keyword': 0.19; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'loop': 0.22; '"it\'s': 0.23; 'ones.': 0.23; 'fri,': 0.23; "doesn't": 0.25; 'function': 0.25; 'functions.': 0.29; 'nope,': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'break': 0.33; 'actually': 0.33; '...': 0.34; 'chris': 0.34; 'file': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.35; '"",': 0.35; '17,': 0.35; 'quite': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'back': 0.63; 'plus': 0.65; 'received:websitewelcome.com': 0.67; 'no:': 0.91; 'received:gateway04.websitewelcome.com': 0.91 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:17:43 -0700 From: Ethan Furman User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: break in a module References: <4DF7E75E.9000907@mrabarnett.plus.com> <6NWdnfBF0rgB42fQnZ2dnUVZ5h2dnZ2d@giganews.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator410.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stoneleaf.us X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: mail.admailinc.com ([192.168.10.136]) [72.11.125.166]:2706 X-Source-Auth: ethan+stoneleaf.us X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: dG9idWs7dG9idWs7Z2F0b3I0MTAuaG9zdGdhdG9yLmNvbQ== X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1308276441 news.xs4all.nl 49048 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:56438 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:7792 Erik Max Francis wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Erik Max Francis >> wrote: >>> Chris Angelico wrote: >>>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Erik Max Francis >>>> wrote: >>>>> It's quite consistent on which control structures you can break out >>>>> of -- >>>>> it's the looping ones. >>>> Plus functions. >>> No: >>> >>>>>> def f(): >>> ... break >>> ... >>> File "", 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. > > Look back at the context. I was actually talking about the break keyword. The Context: "It's quite consistent on which control structures you can break out of" Hmmm.... Nope, nothing there to suggest you were talking about the 'break' keyword. ~Ethan~