A modest solution to the madness. Was: while (a=b()) ...

[JamesL at Lugoj.com]

On viewing my posting through Dejanews, it appears scrambled. So here
is the essence of it again, hopefully in better shape:

import sys

def Set(a, b):
    a[0] = b
    return b

a = [None]
while Set(a, sys.stdin.readline()):
    print repr(a[0])

print "EOF:", repr(a[0])


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