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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:03:53 +0100
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Ethan Furman wrote:
> Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
>> You have to opportunity to not use unpacking anymore :o) There is a 
>> recent thread were the dark side of unpacking was exposed. Unpacking 
>> is a cool feautre for very small applications but should be avoided 
>> whenever possible otherwise.
>
> Which thread was that?
>
>
> ~Ethan~
"A tuple in order to pass returned values ?" was the thread.

JM