[swift-evolution] else clause for loops like that in Python

[Jordan Rose]

> On Dec 8, 2015, at 14:50, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>> But to avoid confusion, maybe rename “else” to “nobreak”:
>> 
>> for i in 0..<10 {
>> if i == 5 { break }
>> } nobreak {
>> // no break occurred
>> }
> 
> I’ve often wanted an else clause on loops—but one that would run only if the loop went through zero iterations. I can’t imagine when I would ever use `nobreak`.

Yep, this is the one I'd want. But I think we probably just shouldn't have either, especially now that we've seen that there are two possible interpretations. Amir, a workaround for yours today:

outer: do {
  for i in 0..<10 {
    if i == 5 { break outer }
  }
  print("no break occurred")
}

Jordan
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