Python Assign value to variable during condition in while Loop

Question

A simple question about Python syntax. I want to assign a value from a function to a variable during the condition for a while loop. When the value returned from the functio

Answer 1

Python 3.8 pep-0572 now address this case using the new notation :=. Have a look :)

For example:

while chunk := file.read(8192):
   process(chunk)