Assignment and comparison in one statement

[Johannes Bauer]

George Sakkis schrieb:

>> However, this "assignment and comparison" is not working. What's the
>> "Python way" of doing this kind of thing?
> 
> The most obvious and readable of course: use two statements, as one
> should do regardless of the language, instead of resorting to error-
> prone hacks.

As I said in the reply to Carl, this might be okay for if-clauses, but 
is bothering me with while-loops.

Regards,
Johannes

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