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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 23:19:57 +1000
Subject: Re: Simple question
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 11:10 PM,  <explodeandroid@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can some one explain why this happens:
> True, False = False, True
> print True, False
> False True

Well, the first line changes the meanings of the names "True" and
"False", but doesn't change the things they point to. Those things
describe themselves the same way. Here's another thing you can do that
will look the same:

a, b = False, True
print a, b
False True

Fortunately, newer versions of Python don't let you reassign True and False.

ChrisA