On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Wayne <sri...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I think I recall seeing this here, but I wanted to make sure I'm
> correct.
> Is the best way to test for an empty list just test for the truth value?
> I.e.
>
> mylist = [1,2,3]
>
> while mylist:
>    print mylist.pop()
>
> Thanks,
> Wayne
>
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I believe it is better to check the list length, I think some changes are
coming on evaling list


mylist = [1,2,3]

while len(mylist) > 0:
   print mylist.pop()






Vince
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