About python while statement and pop()

[Mark H Harris]

On 6/12/14 11:57 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 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?

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