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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 21:32:39 -0500
From: Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
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Subject: Idiomatic Python for incrementing pairs
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:47358

Playing around, I've been trying to figure out the most pythonic way
of incrementing multiple values based on the return of a function.
Something like

  def calculate(params):
    a = b = 0
    if some_calculation(params):
      a += 1
    if other_calculation(params):
      b += 1
    return (a, b)

  alpha = beta = 0
  temp_a, temp_b = calculate(...)
  alpha += temp_a
  beta += temp_b

Is there a better way to do this without holding each temporary
result before using it to increment?

-tkc