tomer filiba wrote: > no, it requires *infinity* to accomplish x - y == x; y != 0, for example: > > while limit > 0: > limit -= len(chunk) > > with limit = posinf, the above code should be equivalent to "while True".
that's a remarkably stupid way to count bytes. if you want to argue for additions to the language, you could at least bother to come up with a sane use case. </F> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
