while c = f.read(1)

[John Machin]

Bengt Richter wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2005 22:21:53 -0700, "Greg McIntyre" <greg at puyo.cjb.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have a Python snippet:
>>
>> f = open("blah.txt", "r")
>> while True:
>>     c = f.read(1)
>>     if c == '': break # EOF
>>     # ... work on c
>>
>>Is some way to make this code more compact and simple? It's a bit
>>spaghetti.
>>
>>This is what I would ideally like:
>>
>> f = open("blah.txt", "r")
>> while c = f.read(1):
>>     # ... work on c
>>
> 
> How about (untested):
> 
>    for c in iter((lambda f=open('blah.txt', 'r'): f.read(1)), ''):
>        # ... work on c
> 
:-)
Bengt, did you read on to the bit where the OP wanted to do it "more 
nicely"? YMMV, but I think you've strayed into "pas devant les enfants" 
territory.
(-:

Cheers,
John