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On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:46:59 -0600, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> OTOH, we added "when condition" to loops (which I thought
> was unnecessary, but I lost that) ...

I can see that conditional exits are a very common case, and because Ada 
requires “end if” on if-statements, they wanted to shorten the common 
case, hence exit-when.

Not sure if conditional raises are that common. If my Python experience is 
any guide, I don’t do that much.