From: regexaurus Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:40:41 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Clarification to the `break` statement (GH-2453) X-Git-Tag: v3.7.0a1~507 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=36fc896740319d2c03aa2054a90a999c162517ef;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Clarification to the `break` statement (GH-2453) Clarify that the break statement breaks out of the innermost enclosing for or while loop. --- diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index 54171bc96f0f..36b093950e10 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Later we will see more functions that return iterables and take iterables as arg :keyword:`break` and :keyword:`continue` Statements, and :keyword:`else` Clauses on Loops ========================================================================================= -The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the smallest enclosing +The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the innermost enclosing :keyword:`for` or :keyword:`while` loop. Loop statements may have an ``else`` clause; it is executed when the loop