Python Success Stories or Nightmares
Ben Wolfson
wolfson at uchicago.edu
Sun Feb 2 21:26:33 EST 2003
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 18:11:53 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Alexander Schmolck <a.schmolck at gmx.net> writes:
>> Well, given that there simply *is* no reason to "miss that one-liner" you
>> mention above -- as it would just provide an idiotic way to write:
>>
>> for line in file:... # doesn't need more RAM BTW
>>
>> -- what did you expect?
>
> How would you write
>
> while ((c = getc(file)) != EOF)
> ...
>
> without missing the one-liner?
for c in iter(lambda: file.read(1), ''):
...
--
I certainly seem to be enjoying myself in the same way, smacking my
lips, sighing and moaning, dripping [REDACTED] on my shirt and
smearing it into my moustache ... But ... If I snuck a lick of your
cone, I wouldn't smack my lips. -- Ted Cohen
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