do ... while loop

Wed Oct 13 20:11:55 EDT 1999

Friends,
I'm sure this is a common complaint, and that the answer has been given a 
hundred times but my frustration demands this:
What is the %$*&@#!@ rationale behind not including a do...while control 
structure in Python?
I know you can simply work around it, e.g:
line = "foo"
while input != "":
 line = fp.readline()
 process(line)
... but why must I do this every time? Am I missing something?
--j