input: 
  def generate_list_while(limit: int) -> List[int]:
      """ Generate a list using a while loop in Python and appends the current number to the list.
      >>> generate_list_while(5)
      [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
      >>> generate_list_while(0)
      []
      """
  
output:     result = []
      i = 0
      while i < limit:
          result.append(i)
          i += 1
      return result