Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Oct 22 14:45:47 EDT 2003

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> sum(len(line) for line in file if not line.startswith("#") while 
> line.strip())
> 
> looks simple than
> 
> sum(itertools.takewhile(lambda l: l.strip(), len(line) for line in file 
> if not line.startswith("#"))

I think both are much harder to read and understand than

  n = 0
  for line in file:
      if not line.strip():
          break
      if not line.startwith("#"):
          n += len(line)

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