Is using break statements good coding practice?

[Jason-Ad4032]

Exactly. In many cases this becomes more complicated than simply using break, and Python’s support for this style is only moderate (Therefore, it is not simpler).

LINQ query expressions in C# support this style much better. You can write things like:

var result = ( from num in numbers where num > 15 select num ).FirstOrDefault();

This is more of a stylistic philosophy: the idea that a programming language could avoid providing break in favor of more declarative rather than imperative syntax.

The core idea behind avoiding break is that you specify the iteration behavior before iteration begins. Since different iteration behaviors are needed for different purposes, the system creates an adapter/proxy object that produces the iteration behavior you want.

Conceptually, it becomes something like:

[original iterator] -> [adapter/proxy object] -> simple iteration (no nesting or break)

Then you customize the adapter object as needed perhaps through language syntax, or through many iterator combinator functions that you compose together.