Assign variable in while loop condition in Python?

Question

I just came across this piece of code

while 1:
    line = data.readline()
    if not line:
        break
    #...

and thought, there must

Answer 1

This isn't much better, but this is the way I usually do it. Python doesn't return the value upon variable assignment like other languages (e.g., Java).

line = data.readline()
while line:
    # ... do stuff ... 
    line = data.readline()