input: Write a function to generate a list using a while loop in Python and appends the current number to the list. The loop should continue until the number reaches a specified limit. The function should return the generated list.
  assert generate_list(10)==[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  assert generate_list(5)==[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
  assert generate_list(0)==[]
  assert generate_list(-1)==[]
  assert generate_list(1)==[0]
output: def generate_list(limit):
      result = []
      i = 0
      while i < limit:
          result.append(i)
          i += 1
      return result