On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > The first version is explicit and clear too. I'm sorry to say this, but > it is true: if you (generic you) don't recognise that > > while iters: > ... > > > skips the while block if iters is an empty list, then *you* have a > problem, not the code.
Of course it skips the body if iters starts out empty. The argument is whether or not it makes sense to use this to mean "if iters: while True:" because iters will never be changed. Is it abusing syntax or a valid way to spell that condition? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
