while (a=b()) ...
Phil Hunt
philh at vision25.demon.co.uk
Thu May 13 11:50:12 EDT 1999
In article <87u2tjthnb.fsf at pc-hrvoje.srce.hr>
hniksic at srce.hr "Hrvoje Niksic" writes:
> "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.
IMO it is not.
> It mocks the whole idea of having a condition in the WHILE
> loop.
The idea of having a loop, where one is only allowed to test to get
out of the loop at the top, is silly and ridiculous and deserves to
be mocked.
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Phil Hunt....philh at vision25.demon.co.uk
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