Looping from 1 to infinity in Python

Question

In C, I would do this:

int i;
for (i = 0;; i++)
  if (thereIsAReasonToBreak(i))
    break;

How can I achieve something similar in Python?

Answer 1

Simplest and best:

i = 0
while not there_is_reason_to_break(i):
    # some code here
    i += 1

It may be tempting to choose the closest analogy to the C code possible in Python:

from itertools import count

for i in count():
    if thereIsAReasonToBreak(i):
        break

But beware, modifying i will not affect the flow of the loop as it would in C. Therefore, using a while loop is actually a more appropriate choice for porting that C code to Python.