Extension of while syntax

[Ben Finney]

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"Clayton Kirkwood" <crk at godblessthe.us> writes:

> I would prefer:
> while value = initial_value in undesired_values:
>         value = get_some_value()

The easy confusion between ‘=’ and ‘==’ in a condition is sufficient
that Python doesn't allow the ‘=’ operation in an expression.

I think that the subtle errors avoided by that is worth the loss of
expressions like the above.

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Ben Finney