Re: attaching names to subexpressions

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Date	2012-10-28 21:44 +1100
Subject	Re: attaching names to subexpressions
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 6:12 PM, F.R. <anthra.norell@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>
> How about:
>
> line = True
> while line:
>
>         line = function(x, y, z)
>         do something with(line)
>
> ?

That's going to go through the body of the loop with a false line
before breaking out. In some situations that's not a problem, but it's
distinctly different, so it's not a drop-in replacement for the
others.

ChrisA

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attaching names to subexpressions Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-26 19:42 -0700
  Re: attaching names to subexpressions Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 15:03 +0200
    Re: attaching names to subexpressions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-28 00:49 +0000
      Re: attaching names to subexpressions rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 18:57 -0700
      Re: attaching names to subexpressions Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-28 01:57 -0400
        Re: attaching names to subexpressions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-28 06:59 +0000
          Re: attaching names to subexpressions Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-28 04:12 -0400
        Re: attaching names to subexpressions Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-10-29 11:53 +0000
      Re: attaching names to subexpressions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-28 17:01 +1100
      Re: attaching names to subexpressions "F.R." <anthra.norell@bluewin.ch> - 2012-10-28 08:12 +0100
      Re: attaching names to subexpressions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-28 21:44 +1100

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