# Code from the book, with file opens added to make it runnable, # and numbers added to prints to denote examples. F = 'lines.txt' ignore = stop = 'stop\n' print(0, repr(open(F).read())) # Traditional file = open(F) line = file.readline() # Sans the := expression if line: print(1, line) file = open(F) line = file.readline() # Ditto, in while loops while line: print(2, line) line = file.readline() file = open(F) while True: # Sans both := and redundancy line = file.readline() if not line: break print(3, line) # Named assignment file = open(F) if line := file.readline(): # The := alternatives print(4, line) file = open(F) while line := file.readline(): print(5, line) file = open(F) if (line := file.readline()) != ignore: # Parentheses required print(6, line) file = open(F) while (line := file.readline()) != stop: # And not a bad idea print(7, line)