[gabagool]

>no expressive switch/case statement

match/case (not a drop in switch statement)

>breaking out of loops

  break

>ending scripts early (for explorative programming)

  exit() or sys.exit()

[aflag]

I think by breaking out of loops they meant breaking out of nested loops.

[andi999]

Exit or sys exit kills the kernel, so for explorative programming in like spyder it is not that useful.

[jstx1]

Are you looking for breakpoint()?