Tiger12506 wrote: >> I am new to Python but not new to programming languages. I have seen this >> "while 1" a lot. In fact in other languages I would expect "while 1" to >> be >> the same as "while TRUE". I have used that in other languages, but in the >> definition below I would expect the "yield b..." to continue on until a >> "break". So the question is, how does this work without going into an >> infinite loop without a break? >> >> Jeff >> > > while 1: and while TRUE: mean the same thing. > The thing is - it is an infinite loop. This should be while True: not while TRUE:
unless you set TRUE = True beforehand, since Python is case-sensitive. -Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor