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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:15:05 +0000
Subject: Re: Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
To: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
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On 12 December 2011 15:36, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> Huh? Funny you should say 'everyday'. It is now 10 o'clock. In 20 hours, it
> will be (10+20) % 12 == 6 o'clock. It is now day 1 of the week. In 9 days it
> will be day (1+9) % 7 == 3 of the week. Mental calculations are helped by
> the fact that (a+b) % c == a%c + b%c

You mean (a + b) % c == (a%c + b%c) % c

:)

-- 
Arnaud