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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:44:40 +1100
Subject: Re: attaching names to subexpressions
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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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