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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:55:19 +1100
Subject: Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:06 PM, 88888 Dihedral
<dihedral88888@googlemail.com> wrote:
> A permanently mutated list is a tuple of constant objects.

I nominate this line as "bemusing head-scratcher of the week".

ChrisA