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Loop labels are rare, but they lead to much simpler/clearer code when you need them. Consider how you would implement this kind of loop in a language without loop variables:
In C/C++ you'd need to do something like
Personally, I wouldn't call it ugly, either, but that's mostly a matter of taste
Well, you'd typically put the loops into a function and then do an explicit
returnto jump out of there. I believe, there's some use-cases where this isn't possible, which is why I'm cool with loop labels existing, but I've been coding Rust for seven years and have not needed them once...