Thoughts on PEP315

Stephen Horne $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ at $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.co.uk
Tue Sep 23 12:51:45 EDT 2003


On 23 Sep 2003 06:27:44 -0400, Heather Coppersmith <me at privacy.net>
wrote:

>Don't forget that values other than "True" are true, too
>(shamelessly stolen from a previous post from Tim Peters):
>
>    # basic file iteration (which can be done in other ways, but
>    # simply demonstrates my point)
>    while "there is another line in the file":
>        nextlinefromfile = getnextlinefromfile( )
>        if not nextlinefromfile:
>            break
>        moresprocessing( )

Thanks - to you and Tim - score 1 for self-documenting code!


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