About python while statement and pop()

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Mark H Harris <harrismh777 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Consider this generator variation:
>
>>>> def poplist(L):
>         done = False
>         while done==False:
>
>                 yield L[::-1][:1:]
>                 L = L[::-1][1::][::-1]
>                 if len(L)==0: done=True

Why not just "while L"? Or are you deliberately trying to ensure that
cheating will be detectable?

ChrisA