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Re: while True or while 1

Date	2012-01-21 14:29 +0000
From	Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com>
Subject	Re: while True or while 1
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Actually there was the same question here (sorry should have looked before)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3815359/while-1-vs-for-whiletrue-why-is-there-a-difference

And I think the main reason is that 1 is a constant while True is not
such and can be reassigned.

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Re: while True or while 1 Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-01-21 14:29 +0000

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