Re: ? assignments are not expressions ?

["Stephen Adam" <saadam@...>]

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From: Peter Wang <tjaden@alphalink.com.au>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: ? assignments are not expressions ?

> I would dispute "clearer".  I prefer the following construct to both
> of the above (though I often use the first one in C).
> 
> while 1 do
> X = read()
> if not X then break end
> print ( X )
> end 

    No indents?  To me the indents make a far greater
difference to readability than the loop control method.