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tags: decompiler
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# implicit error caused due to adhoc fixes

`while` loops follow the following format in python 3.7:
original

def _kafka_main_consumer():
    while a or b:
       continue

result:

def _kafka_main_consumer():
    while not a:
        if b:
            continue

## initial code for `while`
`while cond` :`[SETUP_LOOP]<SOME_CONDITION_COMPUTATION>[POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE]`

## catering to `not` operator
however `while not var` for one variable will end with `POP_JUMP_IF_TRUE`. An adhoc fix would be to do the following:
`while not var` : `[SETUP_LOOP]<LOAD var>[POP_JUMP_IF_TRUE]`.

## impact on `or` chains
However, this contradicts with case where conditional chains with `or` operator. Since they follow the following pattern:

`while var1 or var2` : `[SETUP_LOOP]<LOAD var1>[POP_JUMP_IF_TRUE]<LOAD var1>[POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE]`

this will be translated as now:
`while not var1: if var2:`

Since now it does contain patterns for `if var` and `while not var`