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6.11 The `continue` statement

  continue_stmt | ::= | "continue"

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`continue` may only occur syntactically nested in a `for` or `while` loop, but not nested in a function or class definition or `finally` statement within that loop.6.1It continues with the next cycle of the nearest enclosing loop.

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  It may occur within an `except` or `else` clause. The restriction on occurring in the `try` clause is implementor's laziness and will eventually be lifted.