on writing a while loop for rolling two dice

[Hope Rouselle]

David Raymond <David.Raymond at tomtom.com> writes:

>> def how_many_times():
>>   x, y = 0, 1
>>   c = 0
>>   while x != y:
>>     c = c + 1
>>     x, y = roll()
>>   return c, (x, y)
>
> Since I haven't seen it used in answers yet, here's another option using our new walrus operator
>
> def how_many_times():
>     roll_count = 1
>     while (rolls := roll())[0] != rolls[1]:
>         roll_count += 1
>     return (roll_count, rolls)

That's nice, although it doesn't seem more readable to a novice seeing a
while for the first time, seeing a loop for the first time, than that
while-True version.  In fact, I think the while-True is the clearest so
far.  But it's always nice to spot a walrus in the wild!  (If you're
somewhere safe, that is.)