Newbie question about file input

[Elcio Ferreira]

> while 1:
>   line = zf.readline()
>   if not line:
>     break

Newbie's question:

Isn't it a strange way to do a loop? Create a loop with a foo
condition and use an if to break it?

=====
line=zf.readline()
while line:
    . . .
    line=zf.readline()
=====

Isn't this code much more easy to understand?

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