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while False: break => SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop #82821

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@jabesq
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BPO 38640
Nosy @serhiy-storchaka, @pablogsal, @miss-islington, @jabesq
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  • bpo-38640: Allow break and continue in always false while loops #16992
  • [3.8] bpo-38640: Allow break and continue in always false while loops (GH-16992) #16993
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
    closed_at = <Date 2019-10-30.11:57:25.555>
    created_at = <Date 2019-10-30.09:48:06.482>
    labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', '3.8']
    title = "while False: break => SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop"
    updated_at = <Date 2019-10-30.12:11:44.135>
    user = 'https://github.com/jabesq'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2019-10-30.12:11:44.135>
    actor = 'miss-islington'
    assignee = 'none'
    closed = True
    closed_date = <Date 2019-10-30.11:57:25.555>
    closer = 'pablogsal'
    components = ['Interpreter Core']
    creation = <Date 2019-10-30.09:48:06.482>
    creator = 'jabesq'
    dependencies = []
    files = []
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 38640
    keywords = ['patch', '3.8regression']
    message_count = 4.0
    messages = ['355700', '355709', '355710', '355711']
    nosy_count = 4.0
    nosy_names = ['serhiy.storchaka', 'pablogsal', 'miss-islington', 'jabesq']
    pr_nums = ['16992', '16993']
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = 'fixed'
    stage = 'resolved'
    status = 'closed'
    superseder = None
    type = 'behavior'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue38640'
    versions = ['Python 3.8']

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