Re: packing unpacking depends on order.

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Date	Wed, 02 Sep 2015 22:14:27 +0200
From	"Sven R. Kunze" <srkunze@mail.de>
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On 02.09.2015 19:42, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 9/2/2015 6:01 AM, Antoon Pardon wrote:
>>
>>>>> a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>>>> b = 1
>>>>> b, a[b] = a[b], b
>>>>> a
>> [1, 2, 1, 4, 5]
>>>>> a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>>>> b = 1
>>>>> a[b], b = b, a[b]
>>>>> a
>> [1, 1, 3, 4, 5]
>>
>> I think I understand how it gets these results
>> but I'm not really happy with them. I think python
>> should give the second result in both cases.
>
> I do not want the choice taken away from me.
>
I do as readability and maintainability comes first for me.

Btw. you would still be able to perform your choice but more explicitly.

However, I fear this would be a very hard break of backwards 
compatibility. :/

So, what I take away from this thread right now is that one should avoid 
this type of construction whenever possible as long as Python handles it 
that way.

Best,
Sven

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Re: packing unpacking depends on order. "Sven R. Kunze" <srkunze@mail.de> - 2015-09-02 22:14 +0200

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