On 04/07/2018 02:54, Terry Reedy wrote:
The 2-argument form of iter is under-remembered and under-used. The
length difference is 8.
while (command := input("> ")) != "quit":
for command in iter(lambda: input("> "), "quit"):
A general principle that Chris Angelico has repeatedly mention applies
here: If you want (as I instinctively would)
while (command := input("> ")).lower() != "quit":
you can't express that in your iter version.
Regards
Rob Cliffe
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