On 22 Aug 2005 02:48:24 -0700, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Greg McIntyre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> while c = f.read(1): >> # ... >> >> I couldn't find any general PEPs along these lines, only specific ones >> (e.g. 308 re. an if-then-else expression). > >I often end up doing something like this: > > class foo: > def set(self, x): > self.x = x > return x > c = foo() > > while c.set(f.read(1)): > # do stuff with c.x > >In that file example, it's too much nuisance, but when you're >comparing some input against a series of regexps and you'd otherwise >need a multi-line construction for each one, this method comes in >quite handy. if you use def __call__ instead of def set, you can also simplify the subsequent spelling e.g, while c(f.read(1)): # do stuff with c.x though something more menmonic than c might be desirable in that case. Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list