[Tutor] Beginners question

Alex Kleider akleider at sonic.net
Tue Mar 31 04:47:43 EDT 2020


>> while True:
>>    # get input
>>    # if input means quit
>>         break   # break out of the loop
>>    # proceed with whatever you want to do
> 
> 
> I am 'breaking rules'* here...
> 
> The above always looks so untidy to my eye. Could we use the 'walrus
> operator' instead of while True:?
> 
> *
> 1 I haven't loaded v3.8 at home, to be able to test for myself.
> 2 'walrus' is likely beyond the OP's level of learning

Agreed, and probably beyond mine as well but I for one would very much 
like to see how it could make this look less 'untidy.'

(Follow up question will be how to install p3.8: Ubuntu 18.4LTS, 
virtualenvwrapper:
pip install python3.8 ...   ????
)


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