A quick performance test between the "while(True) and break" method of control flow logic and the "while(conditional)" method.

While_Tests.py

import timeit
 
def while_var():
  count = 1000
  while(count > 0):
    count -= 1
 
def while_break():
  count = 1000
  while(1):
    count -= 1
    if(count <= 0):
      break
 
n = 100000
 
print("While Loop with Conditional (n="+str(n)+"):")
print(timeit.timeit('while_var()', setup='from __main__ import while_var', number=n))
print("While Loop with break statement (n=" + str(n) + "):")
print(timeit.timeit('while_break()', setup='from __main__ import while_break', number=n))