while (a=b()) ...

[Hrvoje Niksic]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

> so don't use it. use the Standard Python Idiom That Everyone Else
> Uses instead (see below).

The problem with the Standard Python Idiom is that it's so horribly
ugly.  It mocks the whole idea of having a condition in the WHILE
loop.  Many of the poor-readability arguments that you apply to
Scott's code can just as well be applied to the "standard" idiom.