list.without()?

[Robert Vollmert]

On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 09:28:07PM +0100, Christian Tismer wrote:
> Oh well, I overlooked that you have the try inside the while.
> That's bad. I thought I had read this:
> 
> def without( source, element):
>         temp = source[:]
>         try:
>                 while temp:
>                         temp.remove( element )
>         except:
>             return temp
>         return temp
> 
> Did you try this (I didn't, have no time).

Would it make a big difference if
  while temp:
were replaced by
  while 1:
?

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Robert Vollmert                                      rvollmert at gmx.net