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The `break' statement
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     break_stmt:     "break"

`break' may only occur syntactically nested in a `for' or `while' loop,
but not nested in a function or class definition within that loop.

It terminates the nearest enclosing loop, skipping the optional `else'
clause if the loop has one.

If a `for' loop is terminated by `break', the loop control target keeps
its current value.

When `break' passes control out of a `try' statement with a `finally'
clause, that `finally' clause is executed before really leaving the
loop.