Replace all cases of "while 1" with "while True".

Though slightly slower, has better clarity and teaching value.
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Raymond Hettinger 2002-08-21 04:54:00 +00:00
parent 80d21af614
commit a6e16a86c4
1 changed files with 7 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ program requires no action.
For example:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> while 1:
>>> while True:
... pass # Busy-wait for keyboard interrupt
...
\end{verbatim}
@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ arguments than it is defined
\begin{verbatim}
def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no, please!'):
while 1:
while True:
ok = raw_input(prompt)
if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'): return 1
if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'): return 0
@ -3076,9 +3076,9 @@ Syntax errors, also known as parsing errors, are perhaps the most common
kind of complaint you get while you are still learning Python:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> while 1 print 'Hello world'
>>> while True print 'Hello world'
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
while 1 print 'Hello world'
while True print 'Hello world'
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
\end{verbatim}
@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ supports); note that a user-generated interruption is signalled by
raising the \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} exception.
\begin{verbatim}
>>> while 1:
>>> while True:
... try:
... x = int(raw_input("Please enter a number: "))
... break
@ -3760,7 +3760,7 @@ later time. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
xf = x.f
while 1:
while True:
print xf()
\end{verbatim}